{"id":367055,"date":"2026-10-16T15:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/how-elon-musk-is-bankrolling-gops-hopes-in-texas-senate-race"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:33:19","slug":"how-elon-musk-is-bankrolling-gops-hopes-in-texas-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/how-elon-musk-is-bankrolling-gops-hopes-in-texas-senate-race","title":{"rendered":"How Elon Musk is bankrolling GOP\u2019s hopes in Texas Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"


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New campaign finance filings reveal the major role billionaire Elon Musk has played in bankrolling Republican efforts against Democrat James Talarico in his home state of Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, Musk appears to be the chief sponsor of\u00a0a prominent\u00a0group supporting Republican Ken Paxton, according to new filings with the Federal Election Commission.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Sept. 9, the first day of the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Musk gave $75 million to the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), the main Senate Republican super PAC.<\/p>\n

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One day later, SLF transferred $75 million to Texas PAC, which was founded a few weeks earlier to back Paxton in his Senate race against Talarico.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Sept. 23, Musk made another $83 million contribution to SLF. The group then transferred that sum to Texas PAC the next day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Texas PAC reported receiving the sum of those two payments — totaling $158 million — in its latest report.<\/p>\n

The transfers have allowed the Senate GOP group to support Paxton without diverting resources away from Republicans in other competitive races across the country.<\/p>\n

Republicans are trying to maintain their four-seat majority in the Senate in November and are currently locked in competitive races in North Carolina, Maine, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Alaska, in addition to Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats are defending open Senate seats in Michigan, New Hampshire and Minnesota.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The support directed to Texas PAC is just one element of Musk’s more than $276 million in spending on\u00a0the midterms — close to what he spent<\/a> on the entire 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n

Among other efforts, he has also pumped more than $76 million into AMERICA PAC, his super PAC helping the GOP target and turn out low-propensity Trump voters even though Trump is not on the ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From July to September, Musk also gave $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the main House Republican super PAC; $10 million to another super PAC supporting Paxton; $10 million to the Republican Governors Association; and $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for SLF did not immediately return a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Democrats take control of Washington and win key gubernatorial and attorney general races this November, then America risks becoming a socialist, woke and borderless country,\u201d Andrew Romeo, a spokesman for America PAC, told the New York Times. \u201cThese robust investments have allowed the G.O.P. apparatus to get its message out so Republicans can have a fighting chance to defy history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many Democrats out-raised their GOP opponents in some competitive House and Senate races, according to new FEC filings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Talarico, for example, raised $64 million in the third quarter — a record for Senate races — compared to Paxton’s $18 million in the same time period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Republicans continue to enjoy a massive advantage in spending and support from outside political groups, such as Musk’s, that have helped their candidates target voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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