# Republicans pour money into Texas Senate race as election nears

https://mins.news/en/video/124297

- BBC News, 2026-11-01 10:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un1mw_BDITM

> Texas has not sent a Democrat to the Senate for three decades. With less than a week until the midterms, anger at Donald Trump could change that; both parties are making their final pitches, while early voting in Texas has set records. Trump visited on Tuesday to boost candidate Ken Paxton, whose campaign has received more than $150 million from Elon Musk.

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