by - Elon Musk’s ‘America PAC’ has spent tens of millions of dollars to help Donald Trump.
- Now the super PAC is wading into more than a dozen House races nationwide.
- It shows that Musk’s commitment to the Republican Party won’t stop with Trump.
Elon Musk’s super PAC has already spent tens of millions of dollars to elect former President Donald Trump. Now the tech billionaire’s ‘America PAC’ is wading into the battle for control of the House of Representatives.
America PAC has spent more than $5 million on 15 competitive House races, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission.
There’s probably more where that came from. Punchbowl News reported in September that the PAC has set aside $10 million for “voter turnout” in legislative races across the country.
In an interview with Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson in July, Musk said his PAC was “not intended to be some kind of hyper-partisan PAC” and that its goals were “promoting meritocracy” and promoting “freedom to operate,” meaning that as little government intervention as possible was needed. possible.”
It remains unclear how much Musk, who founded the PAC and is reportedly deeply involved in its operations, himself contributed to it. The PAC’s July report did not include any contributions from Musk, and the group is not required to disclose further contributions until mid-October. Musk has also denied previous reports that he planned to spend $45 million a month on the effort.
Neither Musk nor a representative of the PAC responded to a request for comment.
So far, America PAC has spent more than $60 million on the election, the vast majority of which has gone toward supporting Trump and opposing Vice President Kamala Harris.
But the spending indicates that Musk’s rightward turn is not limited to Trump, and that he has also invested in helping Republicans maintain control of the House of Representatives.
The races Musk’s PAC is spending money on
According to recent FEC filings, Musk’s PAC is spending heavily on both digital advertising and canvassing activities.
In both cases, the PAC spends an equal amount on boosting the Republican candidate and negative on the Democratic candidate.
In the list below, total expenditure per district has been rounded to the nearest €100.
Here are the 15 races America PAC is spending money on:
- $699,000 in New York’s 17th District, which pits Republican Rep. Mike Lawler against former Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones.
- $557,100 in California’s 41st District, where Republican Rep. Ken Calvert faces Democratic candidate Will Rollins.
- $472,700 in California’s 45th District, where Republican Rep. Michelle Steel faces Democratic candidate Derek Tran.
- $453,100 in Ohio’s 13th District, where Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes faces Republican candidate Kevin Coughlin.
- $358,400 in Ohio’s 9th District, where Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur faces Republican candidate Derrick Merrin.
- $357,800 in California’s 22nd District, which pits Republican Rep. David Valadao against Democratic candidate Rudy Salas.
- $341,900 in Maine’s 2nd District, where Democratic Rep. Jared Golden faces Republican candidate Austin Theriault.
- $341,200 in New York’s 19th District, where Republican Rep. Marc Molinaro faces Democratic candidate Josh Riley.
- $277,200 in Washington’s Third District, where Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces Republican candidate Joe Kent.
- $254,500 in New Jersey’s 7th District, where Republican Rep. Tom Kean faces Democratic candidate Sue Altman.
- $241,500 in New Mexico’s 2nd District, where Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez faces former Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell.
- $214,500 in Colorado’s 8th District, where Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo faces Republican candidate Gabe Evans.
- $189,600 in Alaska’s at-large district, where Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola faces Republican candidate Nick Begich.
- $139,600 in Iowa’s 3rd District, where Republican Rep. Zach Nunn faces Democratic candidate Lanon Baccam.
- $135,600 in Nebraska’s 2nd District, which pits Republican Rep. Don Bacon against Democratic candidate Tony Vargas.
This story has been updated.