Elon Musk's Millions Fail to Help Republicans in Texas Midterms
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Elon Musk is a very rich businessman. He gave a lot of money to help a politician.
Musk has a group called a Pac. A Pac gives money to help politicians win elections.
Musk's Pac gave $47 million to Ken Paxton. Paxton is a Republican politician in Texas.
The money did not help the Republicans win in Texas. The midterms were very difficult this year.
Midterms are elections for the government. They happen between big elections.
This shows that money does not always win elections. Many people still care about other things too.
Vocabulary10 words
- Pac
- a group that collects money to help politicians
- midterms
- elections that happen in the middle of a bigger election cycle
- billionaire
- a very rich person with a huge amount of money
- campaign
- work that a politician does to try to win an election
- Republican
- a member of one of the two big political parties in the USA
- contributed
- gave money or help to something
- fierce
- very strong or hard
- election
- a time when people vote to choose a leader
- politician
- a person who works in government
- deliver
- to make something happen successfully
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1. Elon Musk's Pac 2. No 3. A group that gives money to help politicians
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Elon Musk is a very rich _____. He gave a lot of money to help a politician.
Musk has a group called a _____. A Pac gives money to help politicians win elections.
Musk's Pac gave $47 million to Ken _____. Paxton is a Republican politician in Texas.
The money did not help the Republicans win in _____. The midterms were very difficult this year.
Midterms are _____ for the government. They happen between big elections.
This shows that money does not always win _____. Many people still care about other things too.
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