Elon Musk’s America PAC has begun spending in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, dropping $170,000 to help Republican incumbent Susan Collins amid a promise to pour tens of millions of dollars into battleground November elections.
The spending, disclosed in a Federal Election Commission filing this week, marks the first concrete sign of money flowing from Musk, the world’s richest man, into Maine since The New York Times reported in July that he plans to spend up to $120 million backing Republicans in key races.
Musk’s alliance with President Donald Trump has made him into a political force. He spent $260 million to help
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