Elon Sides With Trump On Key Endorsement
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Elon Musk is backing the GOP for the midterm elections.
He just endorsed Ken Paxton for Senate.
Ken Paxton is running against James Talarico in the key Texas Senate race.
Tech mogul Elon Musk has formally endorsed Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race after bankrolling his campaign for several weeks.
The tech billionaire and one-time trillionaire has spent more than $150 million on Paxton’s candidacy as the lone donor to Texas PAC, a political action committee supporting Paxton. In a post to the social platform X — which Musk owns — Tuesday, Musk encouraged Texans to get out and support the Texas Attorney General.
“The fate of Texas and America is at stake. Vote for @KenPaxtonTX today,” Musk wrote.
Musk was one of Trump’s biggest donors in 2024, spending at least $250 million to help send him back to the White House. Despite a falling out with the president in the spring of 2025, Musk is back in the political mix and bankrolling Republicans in the midterms. Musk is also a Texas resident, having moved from California to Austin in 2020. Both Tesla and SpaceX are headquartered in Texas.
Last month, Elon Musk sent $158 million to the main Super PAC that backs Senate Republicans.
That money was sent to back Paxton.
Billionaire Elon Musk donated $158 million last month to the main super PAC supporting Senate Republicans, which almost immediately sent the money to a group that supports GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Republicans are fighting to hold on to the Texas Senate seat, as polls point to a tight race between Paxton and Democratic opponent James Talarico.
The assist from Musk — along with tens of millions of dollars in donations to other groups — marks a decisive return to large-scale political giving for the world’s richest man, who spent over a quarter of a billion dollars backing
