Op-ed: Musk's $446M midterm spending backfires

A Verge opinion piece says Musk spent nearly $500 million on the midterms through America PAC, including $47 million to defeat Texas Democrat James Talarico, who instead beat Musk-backed Ken Paxton with 55 percent of the vote. The piece argues his political influence fell short.

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