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Elon Musk’s nearly half a billion dollars in midterms spending was a flop

The tech billionaire set spending record as he poured $446m into campaigns for failed Republican candidates Elon Musk set a record for election spending this year after pouring nearly half a billion dollars into backing Republicans in the US midterm elections .

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