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Musk quietly emerges as the largest donor of the midterm elections, striving to rescue the Republican Party

Musk quietly emerges as the largest donor of the midterm elections, striving to rescue the Republican Party

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October 12th, 2026

Musk quietly emerges as the largest donor of the midterm elections, striving to rescue the Republican Party

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Elon Musk — the world's one-of-a-kind trillionaire — has quietly positioned himself among the largest known donors of this year's midterm elections, having contributed more than $276 million since July in an effort to preserve the Republican Party's majority status in Congress.

埃隆·马斯克——这位全球独一无二的万亿富翁——已悄然跻身本年度中期选举中已知的最大金主之列,自7月以来累计捐资逾2.76亿美元,力图维系共和党在国会中的多数党地位。

These figures were first disclosed by The New York Times this week, on the eve of the federal filing deadline, and have since been confirmed by Andrew Romeo, a spokesman for Musk's super PAC.

这些数字最初由《纽约时报》于本周联邦申报截止日期前夕予以披露,并已获得马斯克超级政治行动委员会发言人安德鲁·罗密欧的证实。

According to disclosures by The New York Times, the sum encompasses the $158 million injected into the Senate Leadership Fund — a major super PAC dedicated to supporting Republican Senate candidates — making it one of the largest political donations ever recorded in American history.

据《纽约时报》披露,该笔款项涵盖向参议院领导力基金——一个旨在扶持共和党参议员候选人的主要超级政治行动委员会——所注入的1.58亿美元,此乃美国历史上已知规模最为庞大的政治捐款之一。

In addition, a further 76 million dollars was injected into America PAC — a super PAC under Musk's aegis — which has once again assembled a formidable voter-turnout machine, operating in much the same manner as in 2024: at that time, it was precisely through door-to-door canvassing that it helped President Donald Trump secure his election victory.

此外,另有7600万美元注入了美国政治行动委员会——此乃马斯克麾下的一个超级政治行动委员会——该委员会再度构建起一套举足轻重的投票率动员机制,其运作方式与2024年如出一辙:彼时,它正是凭借逐户登门造访,助力唐纳德·特朗普总统赢得选举。

Musk also injected $10 million into the Lone Star Freedom PAC, an organization that has endorsed Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for senator in Texas.

马斯克亦向孤星自由政治行动委员会注资1000万美元,该组织为德克萨斯州共和党参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿提供背书。

This campaign has consistently remained the very core of Musk's devoted efforts.

此番竞选始终是马斯克倾注心力之核心所在。

This constitutes a dramatic reversal of the situation in May of last year, when Musk declared his intention to curtail his future political spending.

这与去年5月的情形构成了戏剧性的逆转——彼时马斯克曾宣称他有意削减未来的政治开支。

"I think I've done enough," he remarked at the time.

“我想我已经做得够多了,”他当时如是说。

Despite the injection of vast sums, Musk has on the whole maintained a markedly lower profile than he did in 2024 — a time when he shared the stage with Trump at rallies; and at the outset of the president's second term, he took the helm of the Department of Government Efficiency.

尽管注入了巨额资金,马斯克总体上仍维持着较2024年更为低调的姿态——彼时,他曾与特朗普在集会上同台亮相;而在总统第二任期伊始,他则执掌了政府效率部。

Upon stepping down from his government post, he had a falling-out with Trump, yet the two have since reconciled.

他在卸任政府职务之际曾与特朗普爆发龃龉,然二人其后已冰释前嫌。

Last week, Trump awarded Musk the National Medal of Science.

上周,特朗普向马斯克颁授了国家科学奖章。

Fluctuating in tandem with share prices, Musk's net worth has hovered around the trillion-dollar threshold throughout this year; yet, as Forbes magazine has disclosed, he once again crossed the $1 trillion mark last week.

依据股价的起伏,马斯克的净资产今年始终在万亿美元关口附近徘徊,然而据《福布斯》杂志披露,他于上周再度跨越了1万亿美元这一门槛。

Republicans command a lopsided financial advantage over their Democratic rivals — a rare bright spot for a party bracing for a potentially devastating defeat, driven by voters' deep discontent with the president's job performance, stubbornly high prices, and an unpopular war with Iran.

共和党人相较其民主党对手坐拥悬殊的财务优势——对于这个正严阵以待、准备迎接潜在重大挫败的政党而言,这一差距堪称罕见的亮点,究其缘由,选民对总统的施政表现、居高不下的物价以及不得人心的伊朗战争均深感不满。

They have consistently been leveraging these funds to unleash a barrage of advertising in the closing stretch of the campaign.

他们始终在借助这些资金,于竞选收官阶段发动铺天盖地的广告攻势。

"These substantial infusions of capital have given the Republican campaign machine the momentum to propagate its political message, thereby creating for Republicans a slender opportunity to win in defiance of historical patterns," Romeo said to The New York Times.

“这些雄厚的注资赋予了共和党竞选机器传播其政见的动能,进而为共和党人创造了一线违背历史规律的胜选契机,”罗密欧对《纽约时报》如是说。

Democrats responded to this news by castigating Republicans for deploying vast sums of money to paper over their own shortcomings.

民主党人针对这一消息作出回应,斥责共和党人凭借巨额资金来掩饰自身的短板。

"Republicans are attempting to buy this election with tens of millions of dollars in political contributions, thereby extricating themselves from their unpopular candidates, their unpopular president, and their unpopular economic predicament," said Lauren French, a spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Majority PAC.

“共和党人妄图以数千万美元的政治献金将选举收入囊中,借此摆脱他们那些不得人心的候选人、不得人心的总统以及不得人心的经济困局,”民主党参议院多数党政治行动委员会发言人劳伦·弗伦奇如是说。

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