04.11.2026 18:21
The results from the ballot box in the US midterm elections upended all calculations in Washington. The Democrats' surprise success in Republican strongholds was also a major defeat for Elon Musk, who, together with Donald Trump, allocated a huge $400 million budget to the election campaign. Haberler.com Washington Representative Rona Sural evaluated this unpredictable picture on the live broadcast she joined. Sural drew attention to the historic Democratic victory in Texas and the heavy loss suffered by Musk.
Haberler.com Washington Representative Rona Sural evaluated live on air the US midterm elections, on whose results the whole world focused. Sural said that the victory won by Democrats in Texas, where Republicans are strong, also produced a striking result for Elon Musk, who allocated a $400 million campaign budget for the elections.
POLITICAL INVESTMENT
The US midterm election results also brought to the agenda billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who came to the fore with the large financial support he gave to Republicans, as well as President Donald Trump. Washington Representative Rona Doğan Sural, who joined the Haberler.com live broadcast, drew attention to Musk's political investments while evaluating the election results.
HE HAD MOVED TO TEXAS TO ESCAPE THE DEMOCRATS
Recalling Musk's decision to move from California to Texas, Sural reminded that the billionaire businessman left California under Democratic rule and turned to Texas, where Republicans are strong.
Sural reported that Musk moved his factories and companies to Texas and allocated a $400 million campaign budget for this state. However, the fact that Democrats won both the governorship and the Senate race in Texas in the elections created a striking picture for the political line Musk supported.
DESPITE A $400 MILLION CAMPAIGN BUDGET, DEMOCRATS WON
Emphasizing that Texas is one of the states Donald Trump won by a large margin, Sural pointed to the importance of the change in the midterm elections. Drawing attention to the success achieved by Democrats in the state seen as a Republican stronghold, Sural stated that Musk was also one of the losers in the election.
In her live broadcast assessment, Sural explained how the billionaire businessman was affected by the election results with the words, “Elon Musk had allocated a $400 million campaign budget here, and it seems that perhaps one of the biggest losers in the election was Elon Musk.”
IMPACT OF THE ECONOMY AND WAR IN TRUMP'S DEFEAT
Evaluating the losses suffered by Trump and Republicans in the elections, Sural said that economic problems, the high cost of living, immigration policies, and the Iran war were effective in voters' preferences.
Stating that American voters held the Trump administration responsible for inflation and rising living costs, Sural noted that the economic effects of the war were also reflected at the ballot box.
ABORTION BECAME AN IMPORTANT ISSUE
Sural stated that in the election results, besides economic problems, local issues varying by state were also effective. Sural, who reported that healthcare spending was decisive in voters' decisions in some states, said that the issue of abortion also became an important election topic in some regions. Expressing that immigration policies were also reflected at the ballot box, Sural drew attention to the fact that especially Latino voters voted against Trump. She also assessed that protest votes among Republican voters and voters who did not go to the polls may have been effective in the results.
TRUMP'S TWO YEARS WILL BE DIFFICULT
Sural also assessed that Democrats' winning a majority in Congress could make the steps Trump will take in the remaining two years of his presidency more difficult; in particular, tariffs and foreign policy issues could find more place on Congress's agenda.