New campaign-finance filings give Prosper voters a look at money flowing into Texas’s U.S. Senate race before the November 3 election. The reports cover July 1 through September 30, 2026, not the whole campaign and not cash raised through today.
Community Impact’s October 16 report highlighted the latest figures. We checked the three candidate committees’ original Federal Election Commission summaries to separate contributions, total receipts, spending and cash on hand. That distinction matters when a headline calls every dollar received a donation.
What the three candidate committees reported
The following amounts are U.S. dollars for the July–September quarter, except the final column, which is each committee’s balance on September 30. Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname. Figures come from the identified filings, checked October 16, 2026.
Candidate and party | Contributions, line 11(e) | Total receipts, line 16 | Total disbursements, line 22 | Cash on hand September 30, line 27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Brown, Libertarian | $5,207.76 | $5,207.76 | $3,410.20 | $2,948.53 |
Ken Paxton, Republican | $10,205,506.86 | $10,249,117.38 | $7,079,306.38 | $4,925,105.47 |
James Talarico, Democrat | $56,906,087.70 | $60,214,961.00 | $67,165,828.23 | $14,594,231.85 |
The primary records are the Ted Brown Election Committee’s October quarterly filing, Ken Paxton for Senate’s filing and Talarico for Texas’s filing. Brown’s report was filed October 7; Paxton’s and Talarico’s were filed October 15. The summaries identify these filings as original reports rather than amendments.
Why receipts and contributions are different numbers
Total receipts include more than the contributions line. Paxton’s report includes $24,261.92 in transfers from other authorized committees and $19,348.60 in offsets to operating expenditures. Those amounts explain why his $10.249 million in receipts exceeds $10.206 million in reported contributions.
Talarico’s report includes $3,283,217.57 in transfers, $218.95 in offsets and $25,436.78 in other receipts. Together with contributions, those produce $60,214,961 in total receipts. It would be inaccurate to label that entire receipts figure as new contributions without qualification.
The distinction also prevents confusion between the report’s “this period” column and its election-cycle-to-date column. The table above consistently uses the quarterly column. It does not mix a candidate’s whole-cycle fundraising with another candidate’s three-month total.
How spending can exceed the quarter’s receipts
Talarico’s reported quarterly disbursements exceed that quarter’s receipts. The report also shows $21,545,099.08 in opening cash, which explains how that can happen without treating the difference as an unexplained shortfall. Opening cash plus receipts, less disbursements, equals the reported $14,594,231.85 September 30 balance.
The same arithmetic holds for Paxton and Brown. Paxton began the quarter with $1,755,294.47; Brown began with $1,150.97. A September 30 balance is a dated snapshot, not a verified statement of either campaign’s current bank balance in mid-October.
Outside-group money belongs in a separate comparison
Community Impact also discusses outside groups. Their receipts and spending are not included in our candidate-committee table. Adding an outside group’s money to a candidate’s cash balance would combine different committees and measures.
The table does not establish total advertising exposure, total support from every organization or how much any campaign will spend in Prosper. A proper outside-spending comparison requires separate committee records, transaction types and reporting periods. We have not presented an independently verified outside-group total here.
What this changes for Prosper readers
This is new disclosure about a statewide race that includes eligible Prosper voters. It does not change a ballot, establish a new voting requirement or tell residents which candidate to support. Fundraising totals are not polling results or a count of local supporters. They can show resources available to a campaign without measuring how residents intend to vote.
For practical election planning, verify your registration address and county-specific voting information. Community Impact’s October 16 Collin County early-voting report links the county’s current schedules. A Prosper mailing address does not replace checking which county administers your ballot; use the records for your registered address.
When the next disclosure is due
The FEC’s 2026 quarterly-filer schedule gives October 15 as the October quarterly deadline, covering activity through September 30. Its pre-general report closes October 14 and has an October 22 filing deadline for the applicable quarterly filers.
Later reports or amendments can change the picture. This article identifies the exact filings used so readers can check the underlying numbers and later changes. Routine updates will stay on this page rather than becoming several town versions of the same fundraising story.
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