Musk Puts More Than $800,000 Into Republicans’ Midterm Campaigns
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- Elon Musk’s America PAC spent more than $800,000 in recent days supporting Republican candidates facing close races in the midterm elections.
- The political committee mainly funded campaign materials, including mailed leaflets, with the largest amounts directed to Texas.
- The spending came through Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, according to a filing submitted late Wednesday.
Elon Musk has put more than $800,000 behind Republican candidates whose races are expected to be tight in the U.S. midterm elections.
The money flowed through his political action committee, America PAC, which spent most of it on campaign materials such as mailers. The spending was disclosed in a filing submitted late Wednesday.
Texas received the largest sums. The state is also home to the headquarters of Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX.
Musk recently accompanied U.S. President Donald Trump during Trump’s state visit to China.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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