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FEC figures are self-reported by committees and can be amended."},{"text":"Most of Musk’s money went to America Political Action Commitee (PAC), his own super PAC (about $216 million), the Senate Leadership Fund ($168 million) and the Congressional Leadership Fund ($30 million), the Post said."},{"text":"Behind Musk among individual donors are Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein ($150 million), Jeff and Janine Yass ($110 million), George Soros ($102 million), Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen ($92 million) and Mike Bloomberg ($84 million)."},{"text":"Completing the top 10 individual donors are Miriam Adelson ($68 million), Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss ($56 million), Paul Singer ($54 million) and OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife Anna ($50 million)."},{"text":"Republican-leaning donors among the top 50 gave about $1.7 billion, about 60 per cent, against about $830 million, or 30 per cent, from Democratic-leaning donors, according to the Post and Al Jazeera."},{"text":"The Brennan Center found that the top 40 donors gave $2.4 billion through mid-October, eight times what the top 40 gave at the same point in 2014, after adjusting for inflation."},{"text":"“In 2014, the top 40 favoured Democrats two to one,” the Brennan Center said. Donors loyal to the GOP “now give more than three times the amount that reliably Democratic donors give.”"},{"text":"The top 100 donors supplied 64 per cent of all outside-group money, according to OpenSecrets."},{"text":"The Senate Leadership Fund has raised about $546 million and MAGA Inc. about $449 million through October 14, against about $342 million for the Republican National Committee, FEC filings show."},{"text":"The industry mix has also shifted. Crypto interests gave $304 million within the top 40, while labour “has disappeared from the top 40 entirely”, the Brennan Center said."},{"text":"Dark money groups make up 29 per cent of top-40 giving, up from 17 per cent in 2014, it said."},{"text":"Spending on political advertising is projected to reach about $12 billion ($11.6 billion), more than any previous cycle including the 2024 presidential race, Al Jazeera reported, citing ad-tracking firm AdImpact."},{"text":"Al Jazeera quoted Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig as saying: “The problem isn’t the spending. The problem is the concentration of donors.”"},{"text":"The midterms are on November 3."}]}}},"relatedArticles":{"edges":[{"node":{"uid":"pawans-coastal-mission-whats-the-plan-","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"Pawan’s Coastal Mission: What’s the Plan? 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