{"id":2687046,"date":"2026-10-18T08:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-one-check-elon-musk-donated-more-to-a-gop-pac-than-the-dem-senate-fund-raised-for-an-entire-quarter\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:13:28","slug":"with-one-check-elon-musk-donated-more-to-a-gop-pac-than-the-dem-senate-fund-raised-for-an-entire-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-one-check-elon-musk-donated-more-to-a-gop-pac-than-the-dem-senate-fund-raised-for-an-entire-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"With One Check, Elon Musk Donated More to a GOP PAC Than the Dem Senate Fund Raised for an Entire Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwith-one-check-elon-musk-donated-more-to-a-gop-pac-than-the-dem-senate-fund-raised-for-an-entire-quarter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2687046&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk spent more money on Republicans\u2019 top super PAC than the Democrats\u2019 Senate campaign arm raised in the latest quarter, The New York Times reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Musk spent more than $276 million on Republican groups and his super PAC since July, making him the largest known donor in the midterms, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/12\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-midterms.html?smid=nytcore-android-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">He made one of the largest political donations in U.S. history by donating $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC for Republican Senate candidates, which is more than the group\u2019s Democratic rival raised that quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Senate Majority PAC, the top super PAC supporting Democratic majorities in the Senate, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/10\/06\/us\/politics\/senate-majority-pac-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised<\/a> $151 million in the third quarter, entering October with roughly $112 million to $126 million in cash on hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The tech mogul gave $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the main super PAC for House Republicans, $10 million to the Lone Star Liberty PAC, a group supporting Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and $10 million to the Republican Governors\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">He gave $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Musk poured $366 million into federal committees during the 2025 and 2026 election cycle, which is more than the $290 million he gave in 2024, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">He reportedly gave more in undisclosed donations during both elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The America PAC, a super PAC founded by Musk, devoted more than $76 million in midterm spending to the canvassing program and deployed nearly 3,000 paid canvassers during the week of Oct. 5, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The PAC particularly focused on the Texas Senate race, unloading over a third of its spending to boost Paxton\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Musk holds several business interests in Texas, including Tesla and X, which are both headquartered in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The trillionaire is among the top 20 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/08\/31\/20-megadonors-2026-midterm-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donors<\/a> in the midterm election cycle, which included George and Alex Soros, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the founders of the Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The cryptocurrency and prediction market industries also spent heavily in the cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Republican PACs have spent unprecedented amounts of money on red states, such as Texas and Kansas, where Republicans are facing difficult races against their Democratic opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Senate Leadership Fund poured $5 million into South Carolina to help Republican South Carolina Sen. 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