Musk becomes largest known donor of 2026 midterm cycle with $366 million
How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.
OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN
HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 5 HEADLINES
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12 Oct, 18:23 UTC
Musk Gives at Least $276 Million to Republican Midterm Groups
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13 Oct, 00:14 UTC
Musk gives $276 million to Republican groups ahead of midterms
- 13 Oct, 18:17 UTC
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14 Oct, 00:15 UTC
Elon Musk becomes largest known donor of 2026 US midterm cycle
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14 Oct, 12:17 UTC
Musk becomes largest known donor of 2026 midterm cycle with $366 million
WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER
From the first reports to the latest
- Elon Musk · 18 outlets
- Donald Trump · 12 outlets
- Ken Paxton · 8 outlets
- James Talarico · 5 outlets
- Silicon Valley · 3 outlets
- Star Wars · 2 outlets
- Joe Biden · 2 outlets
- $158 million super · 2 outlets
Entered the story later
- Election Day · from 16 Oct 15:25, 2 outlets
- Guardrails Action · from 19 Oct 12:54, 2 outlets
- George Soros · from 27 Oct 05:29, 2 outlets
Figures reported with different numbers
- it spent: $26.7 million (1 from 7 Oct 09:00) → $85.9 million (1 from 7 Oct 09:00) → $23.7 million (1 from 16 Oct 15:25)
Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.