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The 15 House Races Elon Musk's PAC is Pouring Millions Intowww.aol.com/elon-musks-pac-pouring-millions-152123064.html
204 sats \ 6 comments \ @Cje95 25 Sep Politics_And_Law
Never thought I would be linking an AOL article but since the direct Business Insider link is exclusive for paying BI people I had to pivot to this one. The races are as evenly split as you could get with 7 of these seats currently held by Democrats and 8 held by Republicans. Below is the race and amount contributed. I am 110% positive this number is only going to explode in the next few weeks as spending and ads are going to skyrocket across the board.
  • $484,600 in New York's 17th district, where Republican Rep. Mike Lawler faces former Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones.
  • $305,700 in New York's 19th district, where Republican Rep. Marc Molinaro faces Democratic candidate Josh Riley.
  • $280,100 in California's 41st district, where Republican Rep. Ken Calvert faces Democratic candidate Will Rollins.
  • $236,100 in California's 45th district, where Republican Rep. Michelle Steel faces Democratic candidate Derek Tran.
  • $227,200 in Ohio's 13th district, where Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes faces Republican candidate Kevin Coughlin.
  • $184,500 in California's 22nd district, where Republican Rep. David Valadao faces Democratic candidate Rudy Salas.
  • $180,000 in New Mexico's 2nd district, where Democratic Rep. Gabe Vasquez faces former Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell.
  • $174,900 in Maine's 2nd district, where Democratic Rep. Jared Golden faces Republican candidate Austin Theriault.
  • $170,000 Ohio's 9th district, where Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur faces Republican candidate Derrick Merrin.
  • $140,000 in Washington's 3rd district, where Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces Republican candidate Joe Kent.
  • $125,700 in Colorado's 8th district, where Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo faces Republican candidate Gabe Evans.
  • $124,100 in New Jersey's 7th district, where Republican Rep. Tom Kean faces Democratic candidate Sue Altman.
  • $113,100 in Nebraska's 2nd district, where Republican Rep. Don Bacon faces Democratic candidate Tony Vargas.
  • $58,800 in Alaska's at-large district, where Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola faces Republican candidate Nick Begich.
  • $53,300 in Iowa's 3rd district, where Republican Rep. Zach Nunn faces Democratic candidate Lanon Baccam.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 25 Sep
thats a lot of money...
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 OP 25 Sep
You would think but really... it isnt as crazy as what some of the Super PACs are going to spend. At least this money can be traced back to Elon where as Super PACs are just dark money pits. Not saying what Elon is doing is good or right just compared to what the other option is that we will see is just much much worse
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 25 Sep
What is he pushing for? Twitter?
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 OP 25 Sep
I mean in general he has aligned with the Republican Party with a ton of things you could point at. By far I would say cutting government bureaucracy is one and SpaceX is running into that with Starship in Texas from the FAA.
He has become more and more I'd say blunt about different things via X. For example with Brazil he published all the shady stuff they wanted done with silencing people both located within Brazil and outside of it and then when X pulled out how they (Brazil) went after other assets that were not connected to X at all but rather him.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 25 Sep
He is just putting money in to get revenge?
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 25 Sep
No none of these people are really critics compared to most of the Democratic Party. These are more rank and file vote how leadership says vote people. A few of them like the Alaska, New Mexico, and Colorado races I would argue those Dem Members do not do a great job for their district and often get caught up in what I would call personal politics. Say there is a bill that would generate a ton of jobs and money for the area but it involved an oil company or a pipeline/transmission line being run through a corner of the district that is empty, unused, farm land they would vote against it because of those involved. Not because the project is bad or if it is a hydrogen pipeline something that they previously as in last week voted for but now because it is a pipeline and people think oil and not hydrogen they vote against to the detriment of their constituents.
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