WASHINGTON — The John Cornyn-Ken Paxton Senate runoff may be sucking up most of the political oxygen in Texas, but outside groups are pouring millions more into the state’s key U.S. House runoffs.
With under two weeks to go until the May 26 runoff, an array of political action committees — some powered by untraceable dark money — has spent close to $6 million since the March 3 primary across seven of Texas’ most meaningful congressional runoffs.
They range from perennial players, like the Democratic centrist Blue Dog PAC and the conservative Club for Growth, to well-heeled PACs supporting the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industries. And one mysterious group seemingly aligned with the GOP is boosting a candidate with a history of antisemitic comments in a San Antonio-area Democratic primary, suggesting an effort to line up a candidate the party sees as more easily beatable.
