# Musk-backed candidates lose midterms despite financial backing

https://mins.news/en/video/129685

- France 24 English, 2026-11-04 21:06 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_jxMbkjuH0

> Tesla and SpaceX shares fell after Democrats swept the US midterm elections. Elon Musk, the companies’ founder, put more than $440 million into Republican candidates and causes, making him the election cycle’s biggest donor, but his preferred candidates lost races in Texas and elsewhere.

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