On Saturday, an electorate of Space X employees in South Texas voted to create the new town of Starbase and elect fellow employees as its mayor and city commissioners. That nearly unanimous vote made Elon Musk — in addition to the world’s richest man and the head of the DOGE initiative reshaping the federal government

A 9-foot tall bust of Elon Musk, inspired by the meme “Elon I Drew You / You Are My Hero, Elon,” stands off of Boca Chica Boulevard in Brownsville, Texas, where the tech billionaire is looking to incorporate his first company town. | Photos by Brenda Bazán for POLITICO

Residents of a small south Texas town that's home to Elon Musk’s SpaceX have voted to incorporate into a new city.