Elon Musk’s super PAC starts spending to help GOP in midterms, including Texas’ Ken Paxton埃隆·马斯克的超级政治行动委员会开始拨款帮助共和党参加中期选举，其中包括德克萨斯州的肯·帕克斯顿。
Elon Musk’s super PAC has disclosed its first spending on behalf of Republican candidates, providing roughly $800,000 to help congressional contenders across several states, new filings show.
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Elon Musk’s super PAC has disclosed its first spending on behalf of Republican candidates, providing roughly $800,000 to help congressional contenders across several states, new filings show.
The expenditures by America PAC, made in August and disclosed on Wednesday night to the Federal Election Commission, cover printing costs – a sign that Musk’s political operation is focused on direct voter outreach. The spending includes help for candidates competing in high-profile Senate races from Maine to Texas.
The largest share of the newly disclosed spending, more than $247,000, went to aid Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton , the Texas attorney general who has been vastly outspent on the airwaves by Texas’ Democratic nominee James Talarico . In recent weeks, America PAC’s feed on X has targeted Talarico, arguing that his views are out of touch with Texas voters.
Musk, the world’s richest person, already is one of the biggest funders in the midterm elections, plowing more than $50 million into his America PAC and donating $10 million each to the main Republican super PACs active in House and Senate races. He also has given $10 million to a super PAC active in Kentucky’s Senate race.
Other races where America PAC has made early investments include Senate contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and Ohio and key House races in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The activity marks a reengagement in Republican politics for Musk more than a year after he publicly bickered with President Donald Trump. At one point, he threatened to start his own political party before abandoning those plans and reconciling with Trump.
The PAC has committed to helping Republicans retain their House and Senate majorities in November’s midterm elections , spending both to defend Republican-held seats and pick up districts now held by Democrats, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans.
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最新文件显示，埃隆·马斯克的超级政治行动委员会首次披露了其为共和党候选人支付的款项，向多个州的国会候选人提供了约 80 万美元的资金。
美国政治行动委员会（America PAC）8月份的支出已于周三晚间向联邦选举委员会披露，这些支出涵盖印刷费用——这表明马斯克的政治运作重点在于直接接触选民。这些支出包括资助从缅因州到德克萨斯州等地的参议院高关注度竞选候选人。
在最新披露的支出中，最大一笔超过24.7万美元的款项流向了共和党参议员候选人、德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿。帕克斯顿在电视广告上的投入远不及德克萨斯州民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科。近几周来，美国政治行动委员会（America PAC）在X平台上的广告一直针对塔拉里科，声称他的观点脱离了德克萨斯州选民的实际情况。
世界首富马斯克已成为中期选举最大的捐助者之一，他向自己的“美国政治行动委员会”（America PAC）投入了超过5000万美元，并分别向活跃于众议院和参议院竞选的两大共和党超级政治行动委员会各捐赠了1000万美元。此外，他还向一个活跃于肯塔基州参议院竞选的超级政治行动委员会捐赠了1000万美元。
美国政治行动委员会 (America PAC) 早期投资的其他竞选活动包括爱荷华州、新罕布什尔州、密歇根州和俄亥俄州的参议院竞选，以及新泽西州、纽约州、宾夕法尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州的关键众议院竞选。
此举标志着马斯克在与唐纳德·特朗普总统公开争执一年多后，重新涉足共和党政治。他一度威胁要组建自己的政党，但后来放弃了这一计划，并与特朗普和解。
据一位熟悉该委员会计划的消息人士透露，该政治行动委员会已承诺帮助共和党在 11 月的中期选举中保住众议院和参议院的多数席位，既用于保住共和党控制的席位，也用于争取目前由民主党控制的选区。