Loch Musk almost half a billion dollars on the Republicans, but they are losing themselves is a jock "It looks like my space lasers to interfere in the election didn't work this time" The NYT estimates that Musk donated $474 million. That's more than any other donor in a single election cycle, excluding candidates who paid their campaigns for the $168 million he sent through the Senate Republican Foundation. Almost all of this money actually went to the Texas candidate Ken Paxton, but won the Democrats James Talarico, the state's first Democrat in 38 years to win the Senate seat, Musk spent about 212 million dollars to support Paxton, and together with other expenses on campaigns in Texas almost 224 million. The real amount may be higher because the NYT didn't take into account some of the donations that went through fake funds, and financial reports only cover data through October 14. In 2024, Musk spent about $290 million on political campaigns. Last year he pledged to cut spending, but again this year he funded the Republicans.