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What a Blue Texas Means for Elon Musk’s Empire
After years of expanding his business empire across Texas and spending hundreds of millions backing Republicans there, Elon Musk and his companies now face a newly elected Democratic state leadership. WSJ reporter Becky Peterson explains what Texas turning blue means for Musk's companies. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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From the Goldman Sachs trading floor, in 10 minutes or less, investors and analysts share timely analysis on the week's market activity. The market's podcast from Goldman Sachs. Listen now. Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, November 9th. I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal. The world's richest person was hoping for a different outcome this election season, especially in Texas.
Elon Musk was betting heavily on keeping the Lone Star state red. Instead, Texas flipped blue. It's a historic morning in Texas. The state turned blue overnight with Democrats sweeping elections.
Huge moment for Democrats in the state of Texas. For how long have they been trying to turn Texas blue tonight? Bina Inahosa makes history, the daughter of a long time. So what does this political shift mean
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