Politics

How Elon Musk Frittered Away Nearly $500 Million on the Midterm Elections

Voters rejected data centre development in all but one of the 41 measures addressing the issue in Tuesday's midterms.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 7, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC

Behind the scenes, the world’s richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country’s politics to his will.

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