Musk PAC spent over $1 million flowed directly to entities based in Pennsylvania.
Elon Musk speaks at Trump campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. Elon Musk spent more than a quarter of a billion dollars on electing Donald Trump this year — an investment that was particularly focused on Pennsylvania.
Musk dedicated the last four months of the race to getting Trump elected, campaigning in Pennsylvania, and funding ads and canvassing efforts in the crucial swing state. Now, as Trump prepares to take office a second time, Musk has been named the colead of a new office of government efficiency, called DOGE, along with tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Musk, the Tesla CEO and X chairman, has become part of Trump’s inner circle, appearing frequently with him at Mar-a-Lago.
Much of the remainder of the PAC money went to fund event costs — facility rentals, event staff costs and payments to local law enforcement for security services. The PAC also spent $13,000 shortly before election night to secure a catered space at the Four Seasons in Center City, a five-star hotel. The PAC offered registered voters in Pennsylvania $100 to sign a petition in support of the First and Second Amendments, and another $100 to refer another signer. In late October, Musk announced he would start awarding $1 million checks each day through Nov. 5 to swing state voters who signed up.
From a centralized hub in Pittsburgh, Musk crisscrossed the state ahead of the election, appearing with Trump in his return to Butler on Oct. 5, and visiting a Delaware County high school to stump for him later that month. He made at least four check giveaway appearances in the state in the run-up to the election.
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