Billionaire businessman Elon Musk is steadily expanding his influence in Texas politics, with his companies deploying more lobbyists at the Texas Capitol this year than in any year since 2021—spending tens of thousands of dollars on lawmakers and their staff in the process.

While Elon Musk took Washington, D.C., by storm, his company representatives and lobbyists were also notching up big political wins in the heart of his vast business empire: Texas.

Some companies Elon Musk is suing are objecting to his choice of Wichita Falls for a legal battleground, citing complaints about traveling there and other issues, court records show. New York or Dallas seems better to them.