《纽约时报》的一项分析发现，埃隆·马斯克在2026年中期选举周期中向政治团体捐赠了4.74亿美元。除自掏腰包为自己竞选活动出资的富有候选人外，没有捐赠者在单个选举周期中捐得更多。
Elon Musk has given $474 million to political groups during the 2026 midterm cycle, an analysis by The New York Times has found. No donor has given more in a single election cycle, apart from wealthy candidates who paid for their own campaigns.
西奥多·施莱弗为《纽约时报》根据联邦选举委员会和美国国税局的文件以及州记录汇总了这一总额。该统计涵盖自2025年1月1日以来向联邦和州政治团体披露的捐款。只有迈克尔·布隆伯格在2020年竞选总统时，在一个周期内花费更多。
Theodore Schleifer built the total for The New York Times from Federal Election Commission and Internal Revenue Service filings and state records. It covers disclosed donations to federal and state political groups since 1 January 2025. Only Michael Bloomberg spent more in one cycle, in 2020, when he ran for president.
资金去向：约2.16亿美元流向了马斯克自己的超级政治行动委员会“美国政治行动委员会”，该委员会在全国范围内开展现场运作。另外1.68亿美元流向了参议院领导基金，这是支持参议院共和党人的主要超级政治行动委员会。这笔资金几乎全部实际上支持了肯·帕克斯顿，即德克萨斯州的共和党参议院候选人。
Where the money went About $216 million went to America PAC, Musk’s own super PAC, which runs a field operation across the country. Another $168 million went to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC backing Senate Republicans. Almost all of that money effectively supported Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee in Texas.
支持众议院共和党人的国会领导基金获得了3000万美元。其他共和党团体和候选人获得了约4400万美元。密歇根州、德克萨斯州和威斯康星州的州级工作获得了约1600万美元。
The Congressional Leadership Fund, which backs House Republicans, received $30 million. Other Republican groups and candidates got about $44 million. State efforts in Michigan, Texas and Wisconsin got roughly $16 million.
《纽约时报》发现，计算“美国政治行动委员会”披露的支出后，马斯克已向帕克斯顿投入约2.12亿美元。再加上向德克萨斯州政治团体提供的1230万美元，他在德克萨斯州的总支出约为2.24亿美元。
Counting America PAC’s disclosed spending, Musk has put about $212 million behind Paxton, the Times found. With $12.3 million more to Texas political groups, his bill for Texas comes to about $224 million.
《纽约时报》表示，其总额几乎肯定偏低。马斯克本周期还进行了暗钱捐款。此外，联邦记录仅截至10月14日，因此遗漏了竞选活动最后三周的情况。“我觉得我已经做得足够了”马斯克在2024年大选中花费了约2.9亿美元。随后，他在特朗普政府中领导了所谓的“政府效率部”。2025年5月，他表示将退后一步。
The Times says its total is almost certainly too low. Musk has also made dark-money donations this cycle. And the federal records run only to 14 October, so they miss the last three weeks of the campaign. ‘I think I’ve done enough’Musk spent roughly $290 million on the 2024 election. He then ran the so-called Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration. In May 2025, he said he would pull back.
“从政治支出方面来说，我未来会大幅减少投入，”马斯克说。“我觉得我已经做得足够了。”一个月后，他因总统的国内政策法案与特朗普公开闹翻。到了秋天，两人基本和好。10月，特朗普授予马斯克国家科学奖。
“In terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future,” Musk said. “I think I’ve done enough.”A month later, he fell out with Trump in public over the president’s domestic policy bill. By the autumn, the two had largely made up. In October, Trump gave Musk the National Medal of Science.
其他科技资金也参与了这场竞选。人工智能公司及其高管支持了专注于人工智能的超级政治行动委员会，包括OpenAI的格雷格·布罗克曼再次捐赠2500万美元。
Other tech money is in this race too. AI companies and their executives have backed AI-focused super PACs, including a second $25 million gift from OpenAI’s Greg Brockman.
特朗普的承诺 周一，特朗普表示，如果民主党在中期选举后调查马斯克，他将采取行动保护马斯克，Axios报道称。主持人米兰达·德文在“空军一号播客”中就马斯克可能被调查或资产被冻结的传闻向他提问。“这是传言。但如果是传言，我们就得保护他们，”特朗普说。
Trump’s pledge On Monday, Trump said he would move to protect Musk if Democrats investigate him after the midterms, Axios reported. Host Miranda Devine asked him on the Pod Force One podcast about rumours that Musk could be investigated or have assets seized. “It’s talk. But if it is talk, we’ll have to protect them,” Trump said.
民主党议员已表示，如果他们重新夺取国会控制权，计划审查马斯克，Politico在10月报道称。这包括他在DOGE的任职时间、其公司的联邦合同以及他在俄乌冲突中的角色。美国人将在周二投票。
Democratic lawmakers have signalled they plan to scrutinise Musk if they win back Congress, Politico reported in October. That includes his time at DOGE, his companies’ federal contracts and his role in the Russia-Ukraine war. Americans vote on Tuesday.