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Musk's Record Midterm Spending Ends in Republican Defeats and Falling Stocks

Democrats won both chambers of Congress despite Elon Musk's massive Republican spending, leaving his companies facing falling shares and the prospect of congressional investigations.

Read the full story → · Latest coverage 5 Nov 2026, 0:48 am UTC

Chapters · 2

  1. 1Musk's Texas Election Spending Fails to Stop Democrat James Talarico
  2. 2Musk's Record Midterm Spending Ends in Republican Defeats and Falling Stocks

Key moments · 8

Ten megadonors spend a combined billion dollars on midterms

MarketWatch ↗

Musk's political contributions reach a reported record $474 million

The Next Web ↗

Democrats capture both chambers in the midterm elections

The Hindu ↗

Texas coverage details Talarico victory despite Musk spending

The Independent ↗

Musk jokes about space lasers after Republican defeats

Axios ↗

Reid Hoffman criticizes Musk's massive campaign spending

Forbes - Business Business & Economy ↗

Tesla and SpaceX shares fall in premarket trading

Business Insider ↗

Musk reportedly deletes election day appeal supporting Republicans

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  1. How Money Is Shaping the Midterms
    NYT Politics
  2. US midterms campaign set to be most expensive ever recorded
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  3. Musk’s midterm donations hit a record $474M, The New York Times reports
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  4. Where the Musk money flows
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  5. Seven charts that show how parties are spending campaign money in the U.S. midterms
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  1. The Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2B into the Midterms
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