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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

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The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history

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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

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