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What the Most Expensive Election in Texas Cost Us
The November election was decided in large part by the problem of inflation, so it is depressingly apt that nothing available for purchase in America has gotten more expensive more quickly than political power. The U.S. Senate race in Texas was reportedly the priciest congressional race in American history, with more than half a billion dollars burned on repetitive TV ads, misleading mailers, and the tokens that produced AI videos, like the one showing an inebriated Ken Paxton dancing to “Love Shack.” A massive chunk of that money came from the world’s richest man, Elon Musk of Austin.Meanwhile, the governor’s race between Greg Abbott and Gina Hinojosa jumped well into the nine digits. In congressional races, tens of millions more was spent. Downballot races for…The post What the Most Expensive Election in Texas Cost Us appeared first on Texas Monthly.