2026-10-12T13:54:45.300Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：帕特里克·斯维特克
发布时间：2026年10月12日 美国东部时间上午9:54
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埃隆·马斯克自今年夏季以来已向中期选举投入至少2.76亿美元，重新成为已知的共和党最大捐赠者。
马斯克主要政治组织“美国政治行动委员会”的一名发言人于周一证实了这一数字，距离关键的竞选资金披露截止日期仅剩三天。
该发言人表示，马斯克最新捐款中的大部分——1.58亿美元——流向了参议院领导基金，这是参议院选举中排名第一的共和党超级政治行动委员会。该组织目前正投入巨资争取保住得克萨斯州的参议院席位，该州对马斯克的商业帝国至关重要。
这一数据涵盖了马斯克7月以来的捐款，最先由《纽约时报》报道。
身为全球首富的马斯克曾在2024年竞选期间捐赠近3亿美元，帮助唐纳德·特朗普赢得总统大选。这笔资金支持使他成为民主党人的主要攻击目标，尤其是在他随特朗普重返华盛顿并领导政府效率部（一个政府削减成本项目）之后。
马斯克曾在2025年5月表示，未来将“大幅减少”政治捐款，之后他还因特朗普标志性的税收和国内政策法案与特朗普闹翻。但自那以来，两人的关系似乎有所改善，特朗普上周还为马斯克颁发了国家科学奖章。
马斯克对得克萨斯州表现出明显兴趣之际，该州的共和党总检察长肯·帕克斯顿正与民主党州众议员詹姆斯·塔莱里科展开激烈的参议院席位角逐。得克萨斯州自1994年以来从未选出过民主党籍的全州官员。
参议院领导基金已向这场得克萨斯州的竞选投入了远超1亿美元的资金。该组织表示，这笔针对这个深红州的巨额支出来自“专项”基金，不会挪用其他竞争激烈的参议院选举的资源。
周四是各竞选活动及包括美国政治行动委员会在内的部分政治行动委员会向联邦选举委员会报告过去三个月财务状况的截止日期。
Elon Musk emerges as the top booster for Republicans with $276 million in donations
2026-10-12T13:54:45.300Z / CNN
By Patrick Svitek
PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2026, 9:54 AM ET
Elon Musk attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025.
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Elon Musk has poured at least $276 million into the midterms since the summer, re-emerging as the top known donor to the Republican Party.
A spokesperson for Musk’s main political group, America PAC, confirmed the figure on Monday, three days before a key campaign finance disclosure deadline.
A majority of Musk’s latest giving — $158 million — went to the Senate Leadership Fund, the top Republican super PAC in Senate races, according to the spokesperson. The group is currently spending big to retain a Senate seat in Texas, a state that is hugely important to Musk’s business empire.
The figure, which covers Musk’s giving from July onward, was first reported by The New York Times.
Musk, the world’s richest person, donated nearly $300 million during the 2024 campaign to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. The financial support made him a top target of Democrats, especially as he returned to Washington with Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, a government cost-cutting project.
Musk said in May 2025 that he would “do a lot less” political spending in the future, and he later fell out with Trump over his signature tax and domestic policy law. But their relationship has appeared to improve since then, and Trump last week honored Musk with the National Medal of Science.
Musk’s apparent interest in Texas comes as the state’s GOP attorney general, Ken Paxton, is in a tight Senate race against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico. Texas has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 1994.
The Senate Leadership Fund has poured well over $100 million into the Texas contest. The group has said the massive red-state outlay is coming from a “dedicated” fund and not diverting resources away from other competitive Senate races.
Thursday is the deadline for campaigns and certain political action committees, including America PAC, to report their finances to the Federal Election Commission for the past three months.
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