This race is in the 2026 runoffs.
The whole story
The short version
In the 2026 Texas 18th District runoff, 3 outside groups spent $5.2M: 99.1% supporting candidates and 0.9% opposing candidates, all candidates combined.
$5.2M
outside money
- was spent supporting candidates
- 99.1%
- was spent opposing candidates
- 0.9%
The long version
Week by week
Outside money each week, supporting and opposing the candidates, all candidates combined.
Week of 18 May 2026
Supporting $2.3M
The groups on each side
The biggest outside groups in this race, by what they spent supporting or opposing each candidate.
Spent supporting a candidate
- Protect Progresssupporting Christian Menefee$4.9M
- Project 218supporting Christian Menefee$200K
- Texas Organizing Project Political Action Committeesupporting Christian Menefee$792
Spent opposing a candidate
- Protect Progressopposing Al Green$47,162
Who’s connected to whom
The groups that spent supporting or opposing the candidates.
- Protect Progress spent supporting Christian Menefee · $4.9M
- Project 218 spent supporting Christian Menefee · $200K
- Protect Progress spent opposing Al Green · $47,162
- Texas Organizing Project Political Action Committee spent supporting Christian Menefee · $792
- Fairshake gave to Protect Progress · $33.0M
- Ripple Labs gave to Protect Progress · $250K
- Democracy Matters gave to Project 218 · $5.9M
- Spark Innovations gave to Project 218 · $25,000
- California Nurses Association PAC gave to Texas Organizing Project Political Action Committee · $75,000
- Texas Democratic Majority Political Action Committee/tdm-PAC gave to Texas Organizing Project Political Action Committee · $13,000
Group
- Protect Progress spent $4.9M supporting Christian Menefee$4.9M
- Protect Progress spent $47,162 opposing Al Green$47,162
- Fairshake gave $33.0M to Protect Progress$33.0M
- Ripple Labs gave $250K to Protect Progress$250K
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