{
  "id": 17862085,
  "title": "After topping 2024’s donor list, Elon Musk said he’d do ‘a lot less.’ Since then, he’s given more than George Soros has personally in his lifetime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/after-topping-2024s-donor-list-elon-musk-said-hed-do-a-lot-less-since",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T21:43:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/11/02/elon-musk-2024-2026-election-campaign-donor-contribution-george-soros/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In May 2025, Elon Musk announced he planned to reduce his political spending, stating, \"I think in terms of political spending, I’m going to do a lot less in the future.\" He later clarified, \"I think I've done enough\" and added, \"If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it.\" In the previous election, Musk donated $291.5 million to Republican candidates, making him the top political donor of 2024 according to OpenSecrets. Since May 2025, Musk has given $427.5 million to federal political committees, surpassing Democratic mega-donor George Soros, who has contributed $243.2 million over 47 years. Most of Musk's recent donations came after July 1 of this year, with $75 million and $83 million checks to SLF PAC and America PAC, respectively, as well as $165.6 million to America PAC in total between July 1 and Oct. 14. Musk has also provided $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund and $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, which supports Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Comparatively, Soros has given $125 million and $50 million to his family's super PACs before July 2026, $4.2 million personally in 2024 and $67.8 million to IRS-reporting political groups, totaling about $381 million. However, counting Soros-funded groups, his federal total reaches $453.7 million, slightly surpassing Musk's contributions since May 2025. Over his lifetime, Musk has donated $723.8 million to federal committees, about three times Soros's personal federal total.",
  "summary": "Musk has given $427 million to federal political groups since May 2025. Soros has given $243 million of his own money since 1979.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/elon-musk-says-the-cost-of-serving-grok-bot-was-unsustainably-high",
        "published": "2026-11-02T13:10:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}