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Musk pumps $446m into US midterms, as campaign spending set to ‘shatter’ records

The 2026 campaign is projected to cost nearly $12bn - BBC Verify looks into where all that money has come from.

US midterms campaign 'shattering' spending records to be most expensive ever
US midterms campaign 'shattering' spending records to be most expensive ever — image via BBC News World feed — Credit: Storywire

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The 2026 campaign is projected to cost nearly $12bn - BBC Verify looks into where all that money has come from.

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