US midterms: Elon Musk fails $440 million bet as Republicans lose
The 2026 midterm elections were the most expensive on record, with nearly 12 billion dollars spent during the campaign. Tech tycoon Elon Musk was by far the largest individual donor ever, injecting over 440 million dollars of his money to support the GOP. Tuesday's resounding Democratic victory showed the limits of his money, power and influence.
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[Claude] Both reports cover the same midterm election outcome and Musk's spending on it; they differ only in the spending figure ($440m vs. almost $450m), which is consistent with rounding and not a contradict
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