Elon Musk and his political action committee spent more than $400 million backing Republican candidates this year, but most of the races with results available by Wednesday morning had gone against candidates supported by his America PAC. A WIRED analysis found the PAC’s candidates had lost 20 races and won one, while 21 contests remained uncalled. More than 99 cents of every traceable dollar Musk contributed to decided races went to a losing campaign.

Musk’s account on X was quiet as results came in Tuesday evening. Shortly after 1 am, he posted that data centers in space looked appealing, then joked that his “election-interfering space lasers” had not worked.

Nearly $87 million of Musk’s spending went to advertisements targeting 42 midterm races. He also directed more than $229 million to other political groups, mainly Republican super PACs supporting House and Senate candidates, as well as organizations focused on individual races in Kentucky and Texas.

In the Senate contests where America PAC ran ads, six races had been called by publication time, and Musk-backed candidates lost all six. Democrats won in Ohio, Michigan and Iowa, while Troy Jackson defeated Susan Collins in Maine, ending her 30-year Senate career. Alaska was still uncalled.

Texas was the most expensive Senate race in US history, according to the report. By mid-October, Texas PAC, funded with money Musk routed through the Senate Leadership Fund, had spent $148 million on the contest. America PAC contributed another $47 million. The Associated Press called the race for Democrat James Talarico shortly after 11 pm, defeating Republican Ken Paxton.

The Texas results also included the defeat of Republican governor Greg Abbott by Democrat Gina Hinojosa. Democrats are set to take control of state offices overseeing more than $1.6 billion in tax incentives. Musk’s Texas interests include a SpaceX chip plant, Tesla’s robotaxi fleet and SpaceX’s Starbase launch site.

In Michigan, America PAC spent $5.5 million opposing Abdul El-Sayed and $3.7 million supporting Republican Mike Rogers. The AP called the race for El-Sayed at 2:27 am. In his victory speech, he said supporters had “built something bigger than a bank account.” Voters in the state also approved a measure barring political donations from utilities and large state contractors.

In Kentucky, a group Musk funded with $10 million spent $9.6 million promoting Nate Morris, who withdrew before the primary. The group had also spent $3.8 million attacking Andy Barr, who went on to win the seat by 12 points.

America PAC did not respond to a request for comment.

Sources: WIRED.