Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections

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Elon Musk’s America PAC is focusing its war chest on the most consequential Senate races this midterm cycle—and doing so by financing attack ads on Democrats, as voters nationwide sour on the Trump administration’s agenda.

The trend of political parties and outside groups focusing on trashing their opponents is not a new phenomenon. But America PAC's approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.

To monitor America PAC's spending ​on digital ads and mailers this cycle, our ace team at WIRED has created a live tracker that updates daily and highlights where Musk's political contributions are heading as we enter the waning years of Trump’s second term.

The political stakes are especially high for Republicans this midterms cyclebecause of the possibility of Democrats taking the majority in the US Senate, should the party flip...

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