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Who Does Tesla Give Political Donations To?

Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy
·2 min read
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vzphotos / Getty Images

Austin-based Tesla and its members, employees, and affiliates — including SolarCity Inc. — have given $105,378 in political donations so far this year for the 2022 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.

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This amount places Tesla at No. 2,968 out of 26,914 spots in terms of largest donors on OpenSecrets’ list.

Just a few weeks before the November mid-term elections, let’s take a look at where and to whom Tesla has donated to. It should be noted that individual employee contributions may constitute a large portion of the following figures.

Tesla-affiliated Political Donations (Top 15, Ranked) in 2022

  • California Democratic candidate Alex Padilla: $6,600.

  • Utah Independent candidate Evan McMullin: $5,800.

  • Georgia Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock: $5,661.

  • Arizona Democratic candidate Mark Kelly: $5,097.    

  • All for Our Country: $5,000.

  • Delaware Democratic candidate Tom Carper: $4,500.

  • California Democratic candidate Kevin Mullin: $4,400.

  • DNC Services Corp.:$3,738.

  • Ohio Democratic candidate Nina Turner: $3,600.

  • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: $2,933.

  • Colorado Democratic candidate Michael Bennet: $2,900.

  • North Carolina Democratic candidate Erica Smith: $2,900.

  • Save America: $2,371.

  • New York Democratic candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: $2,286.

  • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: $2,272.

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Most of the contributions to congressional and federal candidates went to Democrats, attracting 84% and 92.6% of the total amount of dollars, respectively, OpenSecrets data showed.

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Tesla is nowhere near the largest donor this election cycle. To put this in context, crypto platform FTX and its affiliates, for example, donated $67 million this election cycle, which places it at No. 2 in terms of largest donors. In addition, Oracle and its affiliiates donated $23 million, which places it No. 9 on the overall list.

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