Democrats sweep Congress and flip Texas, including Musk's home turf

4 Nov 4 · 4d ago · 46 articles · 16 posts · 2 comments · 6 sources · development 4 of 7

Democrats won the House and Senate in a landslide, and Texas flipped blue despite more than $150 million Musk funneled into the state, including $47 million backing Ken Paxton's campaign.

Democrats sweep Congress and flip Texas, including Musk's home turf — x.com

“Vote red today!”

Elon Musk, Tesla/SpaceX CEO · bluesky ↗

Elon Musk Tesla/SpaceX CEO and top midterm donorKen Paxton Texas Republican candidateTexas governor-elect Incoming Texas governor (Democrat)Congressional Democrats Incoming majority in the House and Senate

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1Zeteo reports Musk's record $474M midterm…2Musk urges supporters to 'Vote red' on…3Musk deletes political posts and jokes…6Combined Musk-company losses reach $420…7Outlets converge on verdict: Musk's…

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What was reported 5 claims about this development

8 outlets Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms and came up short

first by Baltimore Sun, 2d ago · also PBS NewsHour, Mercury News, Denver Post, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune +1
2 more headlines
- Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms. It came up short PBS NewsHour · 2d ago
- Elon Musk's millions fail to deliver Texas for the Republicans Mastodon · 1d ago
7 outlets Elon Musk braces for Democratic wave as Texas flips blue

first by BNN Bloomberg, 3d ago · also WSJ Tech, Hindustan Times, Investing.com News, Reuters, NBC News, Straits Times
3 more headlines
- Elon Musk's Political Fortunes Run Into a Blue Wave Wall Street Journal · 3d ago
- Elon Musk's business empire faces political headwinds as Texas turns blue in Democratic wave Hindustan Times · 3d ago
- Elon Musk’s business empire braces for Democratic wave as Texas flips blue Investing.com News · 3d ago
2 outlets What a Blue Texas Means for Elon Musk's Future

first by Newsweek, 1d ago · also WSJ US Business
1 more headline
- Elon Musk Staked His Empire on Texas. Now State Democrats Want to Rein Him In. Wall Street Journal · 20h ago
2 outlets Musk’s Texas Gamble Becomes Liability With Democrats Taking Over

first by Bloomberg Tech, 3d ago · also Bloomberg
2 outlets Texas Democrats won. What it could mean for Musk's Tesla, SpaceX projects

first by Austin American-Statesman, 4d ago · also ZeroHedge
1 more headline
- Tesla, SpaceX Tumble As Blue Wave Hits Texas, Putting Musk's Empire In Democrats' Crosshairs ZeroHedge · 4d ago

What people said 8 voices · verbatim

WAPO: “.. Elon Musk posted ‘Vote red today!’ early Tuesday morning. By Wednesday, after a midterm sweep that rendered a waste the more than $150 million he'd spent in Texas alone, the post was no longer on his profile. @washingtonpost.com

carlquintanilla.bsky.socialBluesky4d ago1.4k▲view on Bluesky ↗
What an utterly horseshit article. The tech billionaires made more money in the last 2 years than entire nations. They subverted the laws, illegally lobbied and constructed data centers without permits, meddled with elections (unsuccessfully) and have been working overtime to interfere with foreign elections, too. The wave didn’t hurt them, at…

CyberSmith31337r/Economics4d agoview on r/Economics ↗
Elon Musk's preferred US midterm candidates, including Ken Paxton and Vivek Ramaswamy, lost almost everywhere; Musk spent $446M, a record for a non-candidate (Calder Mchugh/Politico) https://www. politico.eu/article/elon-musk- dealt-major-blow-in-midterm-elections-2026/ http://www. techmeme.com/261104/p19#a26110 4p19

Techmeme@techhub.socialMastodon4d agoview on Mastodon ↗
Musk was among the biggest losers of midterms, after spending $446 million—$200 million on Texas-related efforts—to boost candidates that failed to win their races. His preferred candidates across US were swamped, losing almost everywhere. His plans for a buildout of data centers across Texas are e...

@alfonslopeztenaX4d agoview on X ↗
NEW: No one lost harder last night than Elon Musk. Of every traceable dollar he put into a race that's been called, more than 99 cents went to a loser. He paid for most of the costliest Senate race in US history, after spending millions to make sure Ken Paxton was the nominee.

@dellBluesky4d agoview on Bluesky ↗
He only donated 460 million. Considering he is worth 1 trillion, that’s about the same as the average guy in the street worth 200k having donated 92 bucks to his favourite political party. The price for a nice dinner for two….

chris-zar/politics4d agoview on r/politics ↗
Not expropriation yet, but I will take this bit of good news for today. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/11/04/busines s/musk-elections-spacex-tesla-stocks.html

vruz@mstdn.socialMastodon4d agoview on Mastodon ↗
Though we'll need to adjust those net worth estimates now. Tesla is down 4.5% in premarket trading and SpaceX down 5% while other tech stocks and wider market are doing ok. Investors signaling that the election results will not be kind to Musk co's.

@rmac18X4d agoview on X ↗

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