A Fort Worth man is facing criminal charges for allegedly sending multiple violent threats to Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico.

According to an arrest affidavit, Billy James McFatridge is charged with terroristic threat against a public servant.

Prosecutors allege that McFatridge sent the violent threats against the Texas state representative through online accounts traced back to him.

Investigators said McFatridge threatened to “slit” Talarico’s throat and drag his body through the streets in messages sent to Talarico’s campaign email and Instagram account in early August.

The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Criminal Investigation Division was notified of the threats on August 12 by Talarico’s chief of staff.

According to the affidavit, the first message was sent August 3 to Talarico’s campaign email from an account using the name “GANGSTEROFLOVE817.” A second threatening message was sent August 11 through Instagram from an account called “GODFATHEROFLOVE817.”

Investigators obtained search warrants for subscriber information from Google and Meta. Google provided information identifying McFatridge as the owner of the Gmail account, according to the affidavit.

DPS agents interviewed McFatridge at his workplace on August 19. Investigators said he admitted owning both accounts and sending the messages but stated he did not intend to hurt anyone and “had just wanted to scare” Talarico.

Every political figure receives all sorts of strange communications, including threats, and those who are controversial tend to get even more threats,” said Park Dietz, founder and president of Threat Assessment Group.

Talarico faces Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a highly anticipated race for a critical U.S. Senate seat.

President Trump’s primary super PAC, MAGA Inc., recently poured $10 million into the race to boost Paxton.

The spending splurge comes as Paxton is polling neck and neck — or even trailing — in the race against Democratic state representative James Talarico.

It is just one of eight key midterm Senate races where Republicans appear to be on the back foot.

MAGA Inc. has been sitting on an enormous, nearly $404 million war chest, per Federal Election Commission records. Some Republicans had been wondering when Trump planned to tap into those deep coffers to boost GOP candidates in what is shaping up to be a bruising election cycle.

In addition to MAGA Inc., the official GOP campaign arms have a massive cash advantage over their Democratic counterparts. The Republican National Committee, for example, has over $130 million cash on hand, per the latest FEC filings.

Paxton cheered the investment in his race, which is set to include about $5 million worth of positive spots about him and $5 million of attack ads against Talarico in the expensive Texas race. Paxton had endured tens of millions of dollars of negative ad buys during his brutal primary against Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) — but ultimately prevailed with Trump’s endorsement after the runoff.

“While James Talarico has a record of raising taxes on working families, my Protecting the Texas Promise Agenda cuts costs and makes life more affordable,” Paxton said on X.