Super PAC that Elon Musk helped form ramps up spending on field operations

 A super PAC that Elon Musk helped form disclosed about $6.7 million in new political spending this week, dropping $4.2 million on the presidential race and more than $2.5 million on a series of House races, as the group continues to ramp up its activity and enable the richest man in the world to flex political influence.

New filings with the Federal Election Commission show that America PAC – which was formed with help from Musk in May – added $2.7 million to its canvassing efforts in the presidential race and nearly $1 million to canvassing across fifteen highly competitive House races, including key buckets of races in California (CA-22, CA-41, and CA-45) and New York (NY-17, NY-19). The rest of the group’s new spending went to digital advertising and printing and postage.

America PAC has now spent a total of more than $72 million so far this cycle, including more than $67 million on the presidential race – $46 million coming since Kamala Harris took over the Democratic ticket – and about $5 million across the fifteen House races that it has engaged.

In particular, the group’s spending on canvassing in the presidential race – now totaling more than $42 million, including the latest round of filings – has provided a critical lift to the Trump campaign, which has struggled to keep pace with the Harris campaign’s fundraising and its spending on staff and field operations.