Elon Weighs In

Elon has made his choice in the Kentucky GOP Senate primary:

Elon Musk, best known for business ventures like Tesla and SpaceX, donated the large sum to a political action committee supporting Morris earlier this month, according to outlet Axios, which broke the story. Morris is one of three leading candidates in the GOP primary race to replace outgoing Sen. Mitch McConnell. Other candidates include former Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Rep. Andy Barr. This is not Musk’s first foray into Republican politics. After a backing both sides of the aisle for much of his time as a businessman, Musk was the biggest donor to President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2024, a cause he supported to the tune of almost $300 million. Musk hasn’t played significantly in Kentucky politics, however. In July 2025, he posted to X, the social media platform he acquired in 2022, that he intends to back Northern Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, despite Massie and Trump openly feuding for months, with the president backing Massie’s primary challenger Ed Gallrein. Axios reported Musk became attracted to Morris’ campaign during a “recent conversation” in which he was “impressed with Morris’ business background and anti-establishment message.”

Trump has yet to endorse for the 2026 GOP primary… I haven’t tracked how the Trump/Musk conflict/competition is playing out in other jurisdictions, but I’m certainly curious to see how the race shapes up here. Cameron (who lost a 2023 gubernatorial challenge to Andy Beshear) is comfortably ahead at the moment, but Barr is a seasoned campaigner and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him chase Cameron down. Morris is in a distant but not prohibitive third place, and has been all over the airwaves even before this donation. Here’s a more full account of the race from local journalist Austin Horn.