{"id":8569,"date":"2026-10-12T20:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8569"},"modified":"2026-10-12T20:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:18:07","slug":"elon-musk-2026-midterm-republican-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8569","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/12\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-midterms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IFE.aLC7.pvHMc8gKt-Fv&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> reports, making him both the party\u2019s top known donor and the biggest established midterm donor. $158 million of that money \u2014 one of the largest political donations in American history \u2014 has been funneled into the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC that aims to secure and maintain a Republican Senate majority. Among others, it\u2019s fighting to retain the party\u2019s Senate seat in Texas, which serves as a major hub for Musk\u2019s business empire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">He\u2019s also donated over $76 million to America PAC, a super PAC Musk founded in 2024 that canvasses for hard-to-reach Republican voters. Smaller amounts have also been given to other conservative groups, including:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The roughly $366 million that Musk has donated to federal committees over the entire 2025-26 election cycle is significantly higher than the $290 million he gave out in 2024 to help President Trump return to office, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/7\/15\/24199436\/elon-musk-reportedly-commits-to-sending-around-45-million-a-month-to-a-trump-super-pac\">he pledged to spend<\/a> \u201caround $45 million a month.\u201d That\u2019s despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/elon-musk-says-lot-less-political-spending-rcna207944\">Musk announcing in May<\/a> last year that \u201cIn terms of political spending, I\u2019m going to do a lot less in the future.\u201d He\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hayleycuccinello\/2020\/10\/29\/elon-musk-election-2020-political-donations\/\">consistently failed<\/a> to stick to that promise so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1009604\/elon-musk-2026-midterm-republican-donations\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party\u2019s top known donor and the biggest established midterm donor. $158 million of that money \u2014 one of the largest political donations in American history \u2014 has been funneled into the Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[168,46,74,75,34],"class_list":["post-8569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-elon-musk","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-politics","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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