Last week, Elon Musk became the largest individual political donor in modern U.S. history. His largest donations have gone to Republican-aligned PACs, including the Senate Leadership Fund PAC, America PAC, Congressional Leadership Fund, Fight for Kentucky, and Lone Star Liberty PAC, all of which Musk gave over $10 million to.
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These groups have poured $431 million into ads across congressional races during the general midterm elections, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact through Oct. 20.
The Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP’s super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the Senate, received Musk’s top donation of $168 million. The SLF immediately transferred the majority of that sum to another PAC, Texas PAC, that supports Republican Ken Paxton. Texas PAC has spent over $140 million on ads in the Texas Senate race.
Musk also gave over $139 million to America PAC, a conservative super PAC founded by the trillionaire. This group has been spending on canvassing and get out the vote campaigns, in addition to ads.
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Musk’s third-largest donation of $30 million was to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that aims to elect Republicans to the House. The CLF has spent the most money on ads in Michigan’s 7th, North Carolina’s 1st and Michigan’s 10th districts — all of which are considered “toss-up” races by the Cook Political Report.
Fight For Kentucky, a super PAC that supports Kentucky Senate Republican candidate Nate Morris, received $10 million from Musk. The group spent around $14 million in the primaries, but less than $10,000 in the general election.
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