# Musk pours nearly $500 million into 2026 election cycle

https://mins.news/en/item/122226

- CNN, 2026-10-30 10:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/30/politics/elon-musk-midterm-spending-republicans?Date=20261030&Profile=CNN

> Elon Musk has spent nearly half a billion dollars on elections in the 2026 cycle, making him the largest disclosed donor in modern US politics and one of the Republican Party’s biggest benefactors ever.

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