Elon Musk Spends $10 Million to Help Nate Morris in Kentucky Senate Race NYT: Technology By:Theodore Schleifer 19 January 2026 at 11:50 Elon Musk, the worldβs richest person, backed Nate Morris, a Republican businessman, in the primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. Β© Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesElon Musk at the Kennedy Center in November. After his falling out with President Trump last year, he has inched back toward the Republican fold.