Musk Spread $5.5 Million Across Ramaswamy, Abbott and a Democratic AG Group
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 16
Musk Spread $5.5 Million Across Ramaswamy, Abbott and a Democratic AG Group
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 16
Summary
$5 million of Elon Musk’s newly disclosed Q2 political giving went to Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio governor campaign in May, alongside a separate $500,000 gift to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s main committee.
The filings also showed an unusual cross-party move: xAI, now part of Musk’s SpaceX empire, gave $25,000 to the Democratic Attorneys General Association.
Those donations landed as billionaires and tech executives steered multi-million-dollar sums toward midterm super PACs, with much of the money favoring Republicans despite a recent Supreme Court ruling that could weaken super PAC influence.
Issue One’s Isabel Sunderland said the spending surge suggests executives under growing congressional and public scrutiny are using political money to protect their business interests.