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Musk Blasted Over His Lawyer Running for Congress in SpaceX District

Chris Gober worked for the world’s richest man’s America PAC.

Elon Musk has come under fire over his lawyer running for Congress in a district where SpaceX and Tesla have based a new project.

Chris Gober is running as a conservative Republican in Texas’ 10th congressional district, home to Terafab, the massive chip-manufacturing joint venture between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla.

But his narrative about living the American dream, as he pushes to represent the district between Austin and Houston, noticeably omits his direct legal work for the world’s first trillionaire.

FEC filings show Gober’s firm received more than $2.2 million for legal work for Musk’s American PAC this year and last year alone. It represented Musk and his PAC in a series of lawsuits. He also worked for a close Trump tech ally ahead of the 2024 election.

Now Gober’s Democratic opponent, Caitlin Rourk, is working to keep his Musk ties front and center as voters head to the polls with less than a week to go before Election Day.

She launched a new 30-second ad this week that highlights Gober’s ties to Musk and accuses one of the world’s richest men of wanting to put his lawyer in Congress.

“Elon Musk already had MAGA extremist Chris Gober as his lawyer. Now he wants him in Congress,” the ad’s narrator claims.

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“AI-backed super PACS spent nearly $850,000 to help him win the Republican primary, so it’s clear who Chris Gober will serve in Congress, and it’s not us,” it continues.

The American Mission PAC, a pro-AI PAC supporting GOP candidates, spent more than $747,000 in late 2025 and early 2026 to boost him ahead of the primary.

The Daily Beast asked Gober’s campaign about Rourk’s attack and received a lengthy statement in response.

“These attacks are a distraction. I’m running to work and fight for the people of TX-10, and they are who I will answer to every day in Congress.”

It went on to blast Rourk and accuse her of working for a lobbying firm “known for representing foreign governments and a Putin-connected Russian energy company sanctioned by the United States, and most of her current household income comes from a fund heavily invested in data centers.”

Rourk is a former Dell Technologies consultant. The Daily Beast reached out to Rourk’s campaign for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

While Musk’s America PAC has business ties to Gober and the tech giant’s companies are tied to the district, his PAC has no filings showing it spent money to help the Texas attorney in his congressional race.

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Unlike a series of other races playing out in the Lone Star State, the race to fill Texas’ open 10th congressional district seat, currently represented by retiring GOP Rep. Mike McCaul, is considered “Solid Republican,” according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

McCall won the seat by almost 30 points in 2024.

However, Musk’s PAC has spent millions on other Texas races to help Republican candidates. America PAC has spent at least $33 million on efforts to help GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

It has also spent hundreds of thousands to help Republicans in a series of competitive House races in the state.

The world’s first trillionaire also donated $75 million to the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) PAC, which helps Republican Senate candidates, one day before it transferred the same amount to the Texas PAC, FEC filings show. He also donated $83 million to the PAC on September 23, one day before it again transferred the same amount to the Texas PAC.

However, despite Musk’s millions, Paxton and some House Republican candidates still trail in the polls as Democrats see momentum amid anti-Trump sentiment heading into Election Day.

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