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Musk contributed more than $150 million to bolster GOP in Texas Senate race, filings show
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By David Wright, Kaanita Iyer, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — New filings with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday are shedding light on tech billionaire Elon Musk’s heavy influence on the 2026 midterm elections, especially the blockbuster Senate race in Texas.
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Financial disclosures found that Musk donated $158 million to the GOP through the Senate Leadership Fund in September alone, which was disbursed to a political action committee, Texas PAC, funding Paxton's campaign.
Tech mogul Elon Musk poured $158 million into a key super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) Senate run as part of his push to keep Republican majorities in Congress. Musk was the single donor to Texas PAC — a political action committee backing Paxton's run — in the third quarter, a…
The world’s wealthiest man transformed Texas’ U.S. Senate race with a massive cash infusion to the Senate GOP’s main outside group, which has taken over the airwaves with ads boosting Paxton.
Billionaire Elon Musk is offering a nine-figure assist to Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, a decisive return to large-scale political giving for the world's richest man.
By David Wright, Kaanita Iyer, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — New filings with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday are shedding light on tech billionaire Elon Musk’s heavy influence on the 2026 midterm elections, especially the blockbuster Senate race in Texas.
Musk, the world’s richest person is using his wealth to support GOP candidates in several battleground states in what’s shaping up to be one of the most expensive midterm elections in history.
Powered by Elon Musk’s $178 million in donations, two Republican super political action committees raked in $367 million in the third quarter, adding to the prodigious financial advantage the GOP enjoys even as its odds for holding its House and Senate majorities grow longer.
New FEC filings show the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has become the dominant funder of the Senate Leadership Fund, the leading Republican Senate super PAC. Musk was responsible for 58% of the fund’s third-quarter fundraising, and his latest contributions bring his total giving to the Republ…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s step back from the inner workings of President Donald Trump’s administration hasn’t stopped him from using his wealth to influence the November midterm elections. New Federal Election Commission filings show Musk, the world’s richest man, boosting Republican super PACs a…
Democrats running in competitive Senate races are raking in cash as they race to close the financial gap with Republicans, who have been buoyed in part by Elon Musk and his super PAC. Democrat James Talarico’s campaign for Texas Senate alone raised a staggering $60 million between July, August and S…
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding one of the largest super PACs backing Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate midterm election. Five hundred million dollars has been spent so far, making it the most expensive Senate race in history.
From the time he declared his run for U.S. Senate to the end of September, Democratic State Rep. James Talarico raised nearly $123 million to his campaign. In the same stretch, Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign has raised nearly $19.5 million.
Elon Musk said he was stepping back from politics. Then he quietly became the biggest known donor of the 2026 midterms. Between July and September, Musk gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC backing Republican Senate candidates and one of the largest known political don…
