Musk's America PAC spends $3.7M this week — up sharply from $800K first outlay
Musk's America PAC poured $3.7M into Republican midterm candidates this week — a sharp jump from the $800K first disbursement it disclosed just days earlier. Maine, Michigan and Texas are the top targets among competitive Senate races, while Trump-aligned Maga Inc also spent $10M backing Texas candidate Ken Paxton around the same time, as GOP-aligned super PAC spending ramps up together.
According to the Financial Times, both Donald Trump's Maga Inc super PAC and Elon Musk's America PAC have ramped up spending ahead of the November midterms. Maga Inc put $10M behind Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton, while Musk's America PAC allocated $3.7M to Republican candidates nationwide this week alone.
That's a steep jump from the $800K America PAC first disclosed in a Sept. 3 FEC filing — just days earlier. The new funds are concentrated in competitive Senate races in Maine, Michigan and Texas.
Musk has already funneled more than $50M into America PAC this election cycle, and separately donated $10M each to two major Republican House and Senate super PACs — making him one of the biggest single funders of this year's midterms.
Musk's expanding political spending has no direct bearing on Tesla's operations, but investors have watched it as a gauge of how much of his time and reputation is going toward politics rather than the company.
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