Elon Musk jokes about Republican election defeat after spending record sums on the party
Democrats took control of the US Congress on Tuesday. James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton in Texas, marking the first Democrat win in the state since 1994. Elon Musk joked about the Republican party's midterms loss and claimed his space lasers did not work.
- Elon Musk joked about the Republican party's defeat in the midterms.
- Musk spent an estimated $445 million backing Republican candidates and causes.
- Democrats took control of the US Congress on Tuesday.
- James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton to become the first Democrat to win statewide office in Texas since 1994.
- Musk stated his election-interfering space lasers did not work.
- Elon Musk donated $445.8 million to the 2026 elections.
- Musk's contribution is the largest individual contribution in a federal election cycle since 2010.
- The SLF used Musk's $158 million in donations in September to support Ken Paxton.
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