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Ken Paxton’s Far-Right Billionaire Backer Has Returned
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. Tim Dunn has been characteristically generous this election season. Since January 2025, the West Texas oil tycoon and far-right megadonor has doled out nearly $11.5 million as part of his ongoing quest to reshape national politics, cutting massive checks to a slate of right-wing U.S. Senate candidates—save for one notable exception. In the sixteen months since he announced his challenge to incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn, Ken Paxton does not appear to have received a single dollar in direct support from Dunn, suggesting a conspicuous and so far unexplained break with the man who largely bankrolled his political life in Texas. Now Dunn is finally getting involved—albeit…The post Ken Paxton’s Far-Right Billionaire Backer Has Returned appeared first on Texas Monthly.