{"id":3422,"date":"2026-09-03T05:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3422"},"modified":"2026-09-03T05:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:38:03","slug":"elon-musks-super-pac-dumped-800k-into-battleground-races-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3422","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Super PAC Dumped $800K Into Battleground Races in August"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s super PAC spent around $800,000 on House and Senate candidates in battleground states last month, according to a new disclosure released Wednesday evening.<\/p>

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Wednesday\u2019s filing covers dozens of independent expenditures made by Musk\u2019s America PAC from Aug. 18 to Aug. 31, with two additional outlays planned for Sept. 10.<\/p>\n

The majority of Musk\u2019s spending \u2014 more than $700,000 \u2014 was concentrated on Senate Republicans\u2019 races: He spent over $247,000 in Texas to support state Attorney General Ken Paxton, $170,000 for Maine Sen. Susan Collins and $105,000 for Ohio Sen. Jon Husted, with additional expenditures in New Hampshire, Iowa, Alaska and Michigan.<\/p>

The super PAC also contributed nearly $90,000 to several House races. He dropped $37,500 on races involving Pennsylvania Reps. Scott Perry, Ryan Mackenzie and Rob Bresnahan and $11,000 on Rep. Tom Kean Jr.\u2019s race in New Jersey. The super PAC also spent around $10,000 each to boost New York Rep. Mike Lawler and Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden, and the same amount against Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida).<\/p>

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