Musk ups midterm spending in final stretch

Musk ups his midterm spending in final stretch

The tech mogul has spent more than $442 million in the midterm elections, after pouring another $76.8 million into his super PAC over the past month, campaign finance filings show.

America PAC , which Musk launched during the 2024 elections, received the influx of cash from the SpaceX and Tesla CEO over the course of about a week in October, according to the super PAC’s last filing before the midterms.

This comes on top of the $366 million he had already spent so far on the upcoming elections.

He gave a combined $276 million to his super PAC and various Republican groups in the three-month stretch between July and September alone.

Musk has spent heavily backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) amid a tight Senate race against Democrat James Talarico.

He gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC backing Republican Senate candidates, in two increments in September that were each disbursed to a Texas super PAC backing Paxton a day later.

Musk also gave $10 million to the Lone Star Liberty PAC, which is supporting Paxton, in addition to sending $20 million to a House GOP super PAC, $10 million to the Republican Governors Association and $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association.

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