Trump-backed group announces $10m ad spend for midterm Senate race in Texas

A political group associated with United States President Donald Trump has announced it will spend $10m on television and digital advertisements in the state of Texas ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.The Saturday filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) represents the first major spend in a general election by MAGA, Inc, a super PAC named for Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Small potatoes’: US President Trump downplays war on Iranlist 2 of 3Mock Republican convention website tops Google, redirects to Epstein fileslist 3 of 3Missouri Supreme Court blocks Trump-backed map from November’s midtermsend of listThe advertisements are expected to heavily target Democratic candidate James Talarico, a 37-year-old state representative running for the US Senate against Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.Speculation abounds that Democrats may have a chance of flipping one of Texas’s Senate seats for the first time since 1993.Paxton has weathered a series of scandals, even facing a state impeachment trial. Still, Democrats have repeatedly faced withering defeats in Texas, having failed to win a statewide offic...