Texas governor-elect calls for pause on SpaceX land sale negotiations

Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has asked state officials to pause negotiations with SpaceX over a potential land sale during the power transition. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department had been discussing transferring control of roughly 1,300 acres in Cameron County and Boca Chica State Park, land SpaceX reportedly wants to expand its Starbase facility. The pause matters because it delays SpaceX's planned footprint expansion in South Texas and injects political uncertainty into the company's real-estate pipeline. Separately, GLJ Research said Democratic wins in Congress and major Texas statewide offices make a potential SpaceX-Tesla merger slower, costlier and less likely. Watch whether the incoming administration resumes talks after the transition and whether the land deal is renegotiated or dropped.