AustinMusk’s reported $446 million bought Republicans almost nothing.
Democrats flipped the Texas Senate seat for the first time since 1988.
Musk gave $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC that raises unlimited sums but cannot coordinate with campaigns.
Democrat James Talarico said in his victory speech that “all the money in the world is no match for the people of Texas.”
Robert Garcia, the next House Oversight chair, has scrutinised the federal contracts and subsidies flowing to Musk’s companies.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 350+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- The Wall Street Journal leans favorable
- BBC leans critical
- reports the Financial Times figure of $47m in Musk PAC money for Paxton and the $158m given to the Senate Leadership Fund
- Al Jazeera Online
- reports that voters rejected Paxton's plan to make Texas an AI data-centre hub, with Talarico campaigning for tighter rules
- TRT World leans critical
- frames Musk's losses through the threat of slower data-centre approvals and the probes into his companies Democrats were considering
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Al Jazeera Online, TRT World