Elon Musk dropped eight figures to help GOP retake Senate
The tech mogul gave $10 million to a group with ties to GOP Senate leadership.
Jessica Piper
Tech CEO Elon Musk dropped major money to help Republicans take back the Senate this month.
Musk gave $10 million to the Mitch McConnell-linked Senate Leadership Fund on Oct 1., according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday. He also gave $2.4 million to The Sentinel Action Fund, a super PAC formerly linked to the Heritage Foundation that is spending to boost several GOP Senate candidates as well as former President Donald Trump.
The contributions represent by far the greatest known examples of Musk’s down ballot political giving, and come as the SpaceX and Tesla CEO has emerged as a major Trump backer.
In August, he gave a bit over $300,000 to a group associated with Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), which largely benefited the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Musk has emerged as a major political giver this year, pouring $75 million of his own money through the end of September into a super PAC, America PAC, that has spent tens of millions on canvassing operations aiming to boost Trump. Any additional money Musk put into the group in early October will be revealed in its pre-general election FEC filing, which is due at midnight.
Musk also gave $3 million earlier this week to the super PAC MAHA Alliance, which is linked to allies of former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to the super PAC.
Kennedy’s allies courted Musk for his support when he was running as an independent, but he dropped out of the race in August and endorsed Trump. Musk and Kennedy, now on the same team, have both been on the trail for Trump and been guests at his rallies.
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