Elon Musk's millions fail to deliver Texas for the Republicans in fierce midterms
Source: BBC ·
The billionaire's political action committee (Pac) contributed $47m (£35m) to Ken Paxton's campaign.
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Democrat James Talarico's resounding victory in the Texas Senate race caused a major upset in the midterms for Republicans - and for Elon Musk. According to the Financial Times , external , the billionaire's political action committee (Pac) contributed $47m (£35m) to Republican candidate Ken Paxton's campaign, on top of the $158m he gave the Senate Leadership Fund in September. The money was not enough to stop the seat from turning Democrat for the first time since 1988. In his acceptance speech, Talarico said: "We just proved that all the money in the world is no match for the people of Texas." "Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time," Musk jokingly wrote on X , external . Democrats take control of US Congress as voters resoundingly reject Trump's Republicans Talarico's victory marked a key turning point in the midterms, helping solidify the Democrats' control of the US Congress in a wave of wins across the US . Musk has increasingly made Texas the hub of…
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