Musk throws $276M behind Republicans in midterms

Tech trillionaire Elon Musk gave $276 million to several Republican super PACs and organizations over the past three months, as the GOP faces headwinds ahead of the midterm elections.

This brings the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s total contributions so far to $366 million. A spokesperson for Musk’s America PAC confirmed the numbers to The Hill, which were first reported by The New York Times.

Between July and September, Musk gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC backing Republican Senate candidates, and $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, which supports GOP House candidates.

The move signals Musk’s appetite for political involvement, despite his suggestions he could pull back spending for the midterms. 

Musk’s America PAC, which he launched during the 2024 election, received more than $76 million. He also gave $10 million to the Lone Star Liberty PAC backing Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, $10 million to the Republican Governors Association and $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association.

“If Democrats take control of Washington and win key gubernatorial and attorney general races this November, then America risks becoming a socialist, woke and borderless country,” Andrew Romeo, a spokesperson for America PAC, said in a statement to the Times and confirmed by The Hill. 

“These robust investments have allowed the GOP apparatus to get its message out so Republicans can have a fighting chance to defy history,” Romeo added. 

The Hill reached out to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the Republican Governors Association, the Republican Attorneys General Association, the Lone Star Liberty PAC and the Senate Leadership Fund for comment. 

Musk’s latest donations make him the largest known donor in the 2026 midterms, the Times reported. Musk, who long stayed out of politics, jumped into the political world during the 2024 elections, pouring hundreds of millions into the presidential race for Trump. 

He joined the then-candidate on the campaign trail and later led Trump’s cost-cutting effort known as the Department of Government Efficiency. The project sparked controversy for its sweeping job and funding cuts across the federal government. 

He departed the White House in late May 2025 and, after a public fallout with Trump, stayed quiet for months in the political space. Musk said last May he planned to spend “a lot less” on politics, and he later told The Economist in a July interview he “got carried away” and “a little too involved in politics.”

Still, the world’s richest person jumped back into the political fray that same month, authorizing America PAC to spend $100 million to $120 million for a new field program focused on conservative voter turnout in the 2026 midterms. 

Musk and Trump have since rekindled their alliance following the blowout, and the tech billionaire joined the president for his state visit to China in May, along with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington last month.