Afghanistan, Nov. 4 -- Billionaire Elon Musk's reported $212 million effort to help elect Republican Ken Paxton failed as Democrat James Talarico won Texas's US Senate race, ending a decades-long Democratic losing streak in the state.
According to Al Jazeera, citing a New York Times analysis, Musk spent at least $212 million supporting Paxton, making the race a major test of the billionaire's political influence. Talarico's victory marks the first time since 1988 that a Democrat has won a US Senate seat in Texas.
The scale of the spending made the contest the most expensive non-presidential election race in US history. AdImpact data cited by US media put combined advertising expenditure for the candidates and outside groups at more than $...