The PAC, Texans United for a Conservative Majority, is funded by West Texas oil moguls Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks. Much of the PAC’s money has been spent on Tarrant County Republican candidates, including Leigh Wambsganss in state Senate District 9, Cheryl Bean in state House District 94 and Bo French for railroad commissioner.
The PAC also backs Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare, who is facing Democrat Commissioner Alisa Simmons on the ballot. The race will be a major test of the historically red county’s political leaning and, if it has turned blue, as county Democrats have teased for years. O’Hare himself has said the seat is in danger of flipping.
In a text message blast paid for by Texans United for a Conservative Majority, Simmons and two other Tarrant County Democrats are accused of being endorsed by a “designated Islamic terrorist organization,” alluding to the Council on American-Islamic Relations…