A Billionaire's Super PAC Writes the Rules: Why Money Still Owns Politics
Trump's Super PAC plans to spend $10 million on a single Senate race, illustrating the dominance of wealthy donors in American politics and the urgent need to end unlimited campaign spending.
By Common Good Policy Team · September 6, 2026 · Responding to New York Times (September 5, 2026)
A Super PAC aligned with Donald Trump is spending $10 million on TV and digital ads in the Texas Senate race to support Ken Paxton. It sounds like a specific race. It's really a symptom of a broken system.
Here's what this means: one wealthy donor, one Super PAC, and enough money to saturate a statewide race with advertising. That's not democracy. That's access for sale.
Why This Matters
The Common Good Party exists because of moments like this. When a Super PAC can spend $10 million on a single race, the candidate with the richest backers wins the attention, the airwaves, and often the election. Meanwhile, the candidate who doesn't have a billionaire in their corner? They're running on fumes.
This isn't new. But it is getting worse. The math is simple and damning: just 1.05% of Americans provided 78% of 2024 campaign contributions. That means if you're not in that tiny fraction, your voice is nearly invisible. Your vote counts. Your donation doesn't.
And here's the thing: neither Ken Paxton nor any other candidate wakes up wanting to be beholden to a Super PAC. But the system forces their hand. Spend $10 million? You get access. You get meetings. You get consideration. Don't have that money behind you? Good luck.
This isn't about left or right. It's about whose interests get heard. When money talks this loud, working people, the people actually affected by education policy, healthcare, wages, housing, get drowned out.
Read the full story at the New York Times.