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Texas voters have encountered only one candidate on their television screens in the closing weeks of the U.S. Senate race. Democratic state representative James Talarico has poured more than 25 million dollars into advertising since the general election period opened in late May. Nearly 10.7 million dollars went to broadcast television and another 8.4 million dollars to streaming platforms, according to data from AdImpact. The remaining funds covered cable, digital, radio and satellite placements.

Talarico’s messages have stressed themes of faith, household costs and his legislative record. One spot featured his grandfather discussing the duty to love God and neighbor. Others showed the candidate at a grocery store discussing prices and driving a truck while addressing economic pressures. A Spanish-language advertisement used a World Cup motif to highlight his background.

By contrast, the campaign of Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent 119 thousand dollars over the same stretch, almost entirely on digital channels. With early voting less than nine weeks away, the absence of comparable television presence has left the Republican side largely unseen on broadcast and streaming outlets that reach broad audiences.

Both candidates have traveled the state in person, appearing at restaurants, music venues and other local settings to present their platforms. The disparity appears only in paid media. Talarico’s heavy outlay has produced near-total dominance of the airwaves during summer months when many households tune in for regular programming.

Ad tracking records show no matching response from the Paxton side in traditional television formats. The result is a one-sided presentation of arguments about government policy, personal values and economic conditions. Voters relying on broadcast and streaming sources receive repeated exposure to one candidate’s framing while the other candidate’s perspective arrives mainly through limited digital channels or direct events.

The spending gap exceeds 200 to one. Talarico’s investment reflects a strategy that treats paid media as the primary route to name recognition and message delivery across a large state. Paxton’s restrained approach leaves open the question of whether ground efforts and smaller digital buys can offset the imbalance before ballots are cast.