Elon Musk's nearly half-a-billion dollar bet on Republican midterm victories is a day late and many dollars short, but whether the world's richest person's political investments were all for nought remains to be seen. The tech billionaire donated at least $474 million to Republican candidates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, nearly twice what he donated ahead of the 2024 presidential election. That sum included around $200 million to election efforts in Texas alone. Yet Musk had little to show for it: Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott were both trounced by Democratic opponents. Shares of SpaceX and Tesla, which are both headquartered in Texas, were down on Wednesday following the news.
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