Musk’s America PAC spends about $800K in key midterm races
America PAC’s latest filing shows nearly 90% of the money went to Senate races, with Texas, Maine and Ohio receiving the largest shares.
- Tech billionaire Elon Musk's America PAC spent around $800,000 supporting House and Senate candidates in battleground states last month, according to a disclosure released Wednesday evening.
- While Musk previously indicated he would spend "a lot less" on future campaigns, he has authorized his super PAC to spend up to $120 million to help elect Republicans in November.
- The majority of the funding, over $700,000, targeted Senate Republican races, including over $247,000 for Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas and $170,000 for Maine Sen. Susan Collins. All expenditures were categorized for "PRINTING," suggesting mail advertisements.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson met with the tech billionaire in Texas last week, declining to detail their conversation but stating, "we're gonna win the midterms."
- America PAC, created during the 2024 cycle, has officially entered the 2026 midterm election with a stated purpose to support "key values" including fair justice, free speech, safe cities, and secure borders.
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Elon Musk's independent campaign committee revealed its first expenditures in favor of Republican candidates, where it spent approximately $800,000 to assist congressional candidates in several states, as shown by new papers.
Elon Musk wades into Maine’s Senate race • Maine Morning Star
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine tours the Maine Energy Marketers Association Technical Education Center in Brunswick on Sept. 3, 2026. (Photo by Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)A Republican consulting firm working to reelect Susan Collins received the second largest share of spending from Elon Musk’s super PAC last month. America PAC has spent just over $170,000 in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, which Democrats view as a key pickup opport…
Susan Collins Confronted About Elon Musk Donation: ‘I Wasn’t Aware of That’
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said Thursday she was unaware that Elon Musk, briefly the world’s first trillionaire, had poured money into supporting her reelection campaign through his super PAC. Musk’s America PAC is gearing up for a major push in the 2026 midterms, with more than $100 million reportedly available to boost Republican candidates. A campaign finance filing released Wednesday showed the group has already spent roughly $800,000 across …
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