Musk spent millions, Republicans lost both races in Texas

Elon Musk’s multimillion-dollar spending on Republican candidates failed to deliver wins in two high-profile Texas races, with Democrats capturing both the governorship and one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats. The defeats mark a setback for Musk’s personal political investment in the state, though the article did not specify the exact dollar amount or margin of victory. The outcome matters because it tests the influence of Musk’s spending in a state central to his business interests, including Tesla and SpaceX operations. After the results, Musk revived his proposal to build a data center in space, signaling his attention may shift toward infrastructure beyond Earth. What to watch next: whether Musk recalibrates his political giving strategy and whether the space-data-center idea gains traction.