James Talarico's campaign messaging has focussed on billionaires' influence on politics.

Credit: Eli Hartman / Frederic LeGrand Elon Musk inadvertently gave Democrat James Talarico's U.S. Senate campaign a boost this week by deciding to publicly spar with the former San Antonio public school teacher.

The feud began on Wednesday, when the bloviating billionaire fired off tweets calling Talarico "creepy" and adding that there's "something very wrong" with the candidate.