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Elon Musk pours $366M into midterm Republican campaigns

Elon Musk has reportedly spent $366 million supporting Republican campaigns ahead of the US midterm elections, according to a CNBC report. The scale of the outlay makes him one of the largest individual donors in the cycle and is drawing scrutiny over the growing influence of billionaire money in American electoral politics.

Why now: The sheer size of the donation and Musk's political prominence make it a flashpoint in debates over campaign finance ahead of the midterms

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