Elon Musk gave $5 million to a super PAC backing Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio governor bid, a campaign filing shows, months after their DOGE split.
Elon Musk donated $5 million in May to a super PAC supporting Vivek Ramaswamy's run for Ohio governor, according to a campaign finance filing published Wednesday.
The contribution to V-PAC comes months after Musk and Ramaswamy parted ways at the White House's Department of Government Efficiency. Ramaswamy left DOGE on Inauguration Day, with media reports at the time pointing to friction between the two. Ramaswamy told Fox News the reports were "incorrect" and that they had "different and complementary approaches."
Ramaswamy, who founded a pharmaceutical company and ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination before backing Donald Trump, won the GOP nomination for Ohio governor in May. He faces Democrat Amy Acton, a former state health official, in a race widely seen as competitive.
Musk said after stepping away from DOGE in May 2025 that he would reduce political spending. The $5 million donation suggests that pledge was short-lived. He has since donated millions to support Republican candidates, the filing shows.
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