Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts

Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts.

埃隆·马斯克已向共和党的中期选举工作捐赠了超过 2.76 亿美元。

He’s by far the biggest known midterm donor.

他是目前已知的中期选举中最大的捐赠者。

Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party’s top known donor and the biggest established midterm donor.

据《纽约时报》报道，自 7 月以来，埃隆·马斯克已向共和党团体捐赠了至少 2.76 亿美元，这使他不仅成为该党已知的最大捐赠者，也是目前已确定的中期选举中最大的捐赠者。

$158 million of that money — one of the largest political donations in American history — has been funneled into the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC that aims to secure and maintain a Republican Senate majority. Among others, it’s fighting to retain the party’s Senate seat in Texas, which serves as a major hub for Musk’s business empire.

其中 1.58 亿美元——美国历史上数额最大的政治捐款之一——被注入了参议院领导基金（Senate Leadership Fund），这是一个旨在确保并维持共和党在参议院多数席位的主要超级政治行动委员会。除其他事项外，该基金正致力于保住共和党在德克萨斯州的参议院席位，而德克萨斯州正是马斯克商业帝国的主要枢纽。

He’s also donated over $76 million to America PAC, a super PAC Musk founded in 2024 that canvasses for hard-to-reach Republican voters. Smaller amounts have also been given to other conservative groups, including: $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund super PAC for House Republicans; $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, supporting Ken Paxton’s Senate Seat bid in Texas; $10 million to the Republican Governors Association; $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association.

他还向“美国政治行动委员会”（America PAC）捐赠了超过 7600 万美元，这是一个由马斯克于 2024 年创立的超级政治行动委员会，专门为难以接触到的共和党选民进行竞选宣传。此外，他还向其他保守派团体捐赠了较小金额的款项，包括：向支持众议院共和党人的国会领导基金超级政治行动委员会捐赠 2000 万美元；向支持肯·帕克斯顿（Ken Paxton）竞选德克萨斯州参议院席位的“孤星自由政治行动委员会”（Lone Star Liberty PAC）捐赠 1000 万美元；向共和党州长协会捐赠 1000 万美元；以及向共和党总检察长协会捐赠 200 万美元。

The roughly $366 million that Musk has donated to federal committees over the entire 2025-26 election cycle is significantly higher than the $290 million he gave out in 2024 to help President Trump return to office, when he pledged to spend “around $45 million a month.” That’s despite Musk announcing in May last year that “In terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future.” He’s consistently failed to stick to that promise so far.

马斯克在整个 2025-26 选举周期内向联邦委员会捐赠的约 3.66 亿美元，远高于他在 2024 年为帮助特朗普总统重返白宫而捐出的 2.9 亿美元，当时他曾承诺“每月花费约 4500 万美元”。尽管马斯克去年 5 月曾宣布：“在政治支出方面，我未来会少做很多。”但到目前为止，他始终未能信守这一承诺。