Musk Almost Single-Handedly Bankrolls Republican Midterm Push

Entrepreneur Elon Musk, described by Wired as the world's richest man, has quietly financed a major canvassing operation to help Republican candidates in the US midterm elections in November. Federal filings posted Thursday night show the effort rivals his support in the 2024 presidential race.

America PAC, the Musk-aligned super PAC (a political committee that can spend unlimited sums backing candidates), spent $76.7 million in the third quarter of 2026. Of that, $35.8 million went to a field operation to turn out President Donald Trump's core base across all seven Senate battleground states and a number of House races. At the same point in the 2024 cycle, about $45 million had been spent on such work.

Other spending

Another $23.7 million went to digital ads mostly attacking Democrats, campaign literature and phone banks. Musk also gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC backing GOP Senate candidates. The same amount appears to have flowed into Texas PAC, registered in August, which backs Texas attorney general Ken Paxton. Musk made up nearly 60 percent of the $273 million the Senate Leadership Fund raised for Texas PAC.

Musk has extensive personal and business interests in Texas: he lives near Austin, and SpaceX and Tesla are based in the state. America PAC's largest spending in Texas has been $15.3 million attacking Democrat James Talarico and $3.5 million supporting Paxton.

Contractors and what remains

The door-knocking work is mostly done by outside firms, largely the same ones used in 2024. The biggest contract went to Blitz Canvassing. America PAC has more than $12 million left, though Musk may add more. Since July it has spent in 40 races in 17 states, including about $5.3 million against Democrat Sherrod Brown in Ohio and $3.5 million against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.