Friday, November 6, 2026

Even a near-trillionaire like Elon Musk can’t buy an election (Texas Ken Paxton edition)


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Headline:  New York Times, 10/16/2026

Theodore Schleifer reports on why the Texas GOP has every right to be worried:
Mr. Musk, the world’s richest person and a Texas resident who has major business interests in the state, sent $158 million in September to a super PAC that immediately flipped that much money to a group backing Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid, according to campaign-finance filings released Thursday. 
The donations from Mr. Musk, collectively some of the biggest ever recorded in American politics, have allowed Mr. Paxton to remain financially competitive even as he is vastly outraised by his Democratic opponent, James Talarico. Republicans in Texas have grown increasingly worried about the race, one of this year’s most expensive and high-profile contests, fearful of losing a statewide election in Texas for the first time in more than three decades.  [emphasis added]

Paxton got shellacked on Election Day!

New York Times



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