{"id":37442,"date":"2024-03-31T02:58:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T06:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.businessupturn.com\/?p=37442"},"modified":"2024-03-31T02:58:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T06:58:08","slug":"elon-musks-endorsed-candidate-for-travis-county-district-attorney-loses-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/elon-musks-endorsed-candidate-for-travis-county-district-attorney-loses-election\/37442\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s Endorsed Candidate for Travis County District Attorney Loses Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy<\/span> Sylestine,<\/span> the<\/span> candidate<\/span> endorsed<\/span> by<\/span> Tesla<\/span> CEO<\/span> Elon<\/span> Musk<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> district<\/span> attorney<\/span> post<\/b><\/span> in<\/span> Travis<\/span> County,<\/span> Texas,<\/b><\/span>suffered<\/b><\/span> a<\/b><\/span> setback<\/b><\/span> in<\/span> Tuesday\u2019s<\/span> election.<\/span> Independent<\/b><\/span> candidate<\/b><\/span> Sylestine<\/b><\/span> narrowly<\/b><\/span> lost<\/span> to<\/span> incumbent<\/span> Jos\u00e9<\/b><\/span> Garza,<\/b><\/span> despite<\/b><\/span>Musk\u2019s<\/b><\/span> public<\/b><\/span> support.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

While<\/b><\/span> endorsing<\/b><\/span> West<\/b><\/span> on<\/b><\/span> Sylestine,<\/b><\/span> Musk<\/b><\/span> also<\/b><\/span> sent<\/b><\/span> a<\/span> company-wide<\/b><\/span> email<\/span> asking<\/b><\/span> Tesla<\/span> employees<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Austin<\/span> area<\/span> to<\/span> vote<\/span>for<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> district<\/span> attorney<\/span> bridge<\/b><\/span> that<\/b><\/span> would<\/span> be<\/b><\/span> important<\/b><\/span> for<\/b><\/span> criminal<\/b><\/span> prosecution.<\/b><\/span> However,<\/span> Garza<\/span> made<\/b><\/span> a<\/span> decision,<\/b><\/span>causing<\/b><\/span> Musk<\/span> to<\/span> withdraw<\/b><\/span> his<\/span> offer<\/b><\/span> on<\/span> social<\/b><\/span> media<\/b><\/span> platform<\/b><\/span> X.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Sylestine<\/b><\/span> is<\/b><\/span> experimenting<\/b><\/span> with<\/b><\/span> competing<\/b><\/span> platform<\/b><\/span> support<\/b><\/span> for<\/b><\/span> stronger<\/b><\/span> investigation,<\/b><\/span> investment<\/b><\/span> in<\/b><\/span> public<\/b><\/span> safety,<\/b><\/span> and<\/b><\/span>greater<\/b><\/span> trust<\/b><\/span> in<\/b><\/span> the<\/span> social<\/span> media<\/span> platform.<\/b><\/span> judgment.<\/b><\/span> Musk<\/b><\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> active<\/b><\/span> in<\/span> Texas<\/span> politics<\/span> since<\/span> moving<\/b><\/span> from<\/span> California<\/b><\/span> and<\/b><\/span>met<\/span> with<\/span> President<\/span> Donald<\/span> Trump<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> weekend<\/b><\/span> in<\/b><\/span> a<\/b><\/span> sign<\/b><\/span> of<\/b><\/span> his<\/span> political<\/span> involvement.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Travis<\/b><\/span> County,<\/span> Tesla<\/span> operates<\/span> the<\/b><\/span> largest<\/span> US<\/b><\/span> auto<\/b><\/span> assembly<\/span> plant<\/span> in<\/span> Travis<\/b><\/span> County.<\/b><\/span> Austin<\/b><\/span> is<\/b><\/span> important<\/b><\/span> to<\/b><\/span> Musk\u2019s<\/span> businesses,<\/b><\/span>including<\/span> SpaceX<\/span> and<\/span> The<\/span> Bank.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In<\/b><\/span> a<\/span> response<\/b><\/span> email<\/span> to<\/span> Tesla<\/span> employees,<\/span> Musk<\/span> referred<\/b><\/span> to<\/b><\/span> Sylestine\u2019s<\/span> politics<\/b><\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> moderate<\/span> Democrat,<\/b><\/span> emphasizing<\/b><\/span> the<\/span> need<\/span>for<\/span> change<\/b><\/span> and<\/b><\/span> describing<\/b><\/span> Garza<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> \u201cleftist.\u201d<\/b><\/span> Incumbent\u201d.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Although<\/b><\/span> Musk<\/span> has<\/b><\/span> said<\/b><\/span> he<\/span> would<\/span> not<\/b><\/span> donate<\/b><\/span> directly<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/b><\/span> 2024<\/b><\/span> presidential<\/span> candidate,<\/b><\/span> records<\/span> show<\/span> he<\/b><\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> companies<\/span>have<\/b><\/span> donated<\/b><\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> administration.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Despite<\/b><\/span> Celestine\u2019s<\/b><\/span> defeat,<\/b><\/span> Musk\u2019s<\/span> political<\/span> stance<\/b><\/span> aligns<\/b><\/span> with<\/b><\/span> Candidates<\/b><\/span> and<\/b><\/span> actions<\/b><\/span> His<\/b><\/span> influence<\/span> continues<\/span> to<\/span> grow<\/span> as<\/span> he<\/span>arrives.<\/b><\/span> His<\/span> recent<\/span> endorsement<\/span> of<\/span> Republican<\/span> Marty<\/span> O\u2019Donnell<\/span> in<\/span> Nevada\u2019s<\/b><\/span> congressional<\/span> race<\/span> underscored<\/b><\/span> his<\/span> political<\/span> shift<\/b><\/span>toward<\/b><\/span> legislation<\/b><\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Musk\u2019s pick defeated by incumbent after urging Tesla employees to vote for change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":36918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3919,4745],"class_list":["post-37442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-musk","tag-tech"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}