Musk hits record $474M in midterm donations, most ever by non-candidate donor

Elon Musk has given $474 million to political groups during the 2026 midterm cycle, an analysis by The New York Times has found. No donor has given more in a single election cycle, apart from wealthy candidates who paid for their own campaigns. Theodore Schleifer built the total for The New York…

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