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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 16/06/2026

There are several pimaries today with significant tech industry spending. • Republican Barry Moore, Alabama Senate runoff, $12.9M in support from three AI or crypto PACs • Republican Kevin Hern, Oklahoma Senate, $2M in support from four AI or crypto PACs influence.citationneeded.news

Money involved in this election
Barry Moore (R): Raised $2.5M ($35.6k from industry donors), $16.4M in outside spending to support ($12.6M from crypto PACs, $330k from AI PACs), $3.02k in outside spending to oppose
Jared Hudson (R): Raised $1.54M, $1.89M in outside spending to support, $3.01M in outside spending to oppose
Tommy Tuberville (R): Raised $3.99M ($21k from industry donors), $112k in outside spending to support
Steve Marshall (R): Raised $1.4M, $1.04M in outside spending to support, $17.1k in outside spending to oppose
Rodney Walker (R): Raised $2.01M
Kyle Sweetser (D): Raised $159k
Dakarai Larriett (D): Raised $136k
Everett Wess (D): Raised $73.8k
Mark Wheeler II (D): Raised $17.4k

Money involved in this election
Kevin Hern (R): Raised $8.28M ($23k from industry donors), $2.11M in outside spending to support ($1.04M from crypto PACs, $1.03M from AI PACs)
Jim Priest (D): Raised $203k
N'Kiyla Thomas (D): Raised $45.1k

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 18/03/2026

The cryptocurrency industry super PACs dumped $14.2 million into the Illinois primaries. 90% of that – $12.8 million – was wasted, in that it went to opposing Democratic candidates who won their primaries (Stratton in the Senate race, Ford in H-07) or supporting their opponents.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 18/03/2026

La Shawn Ford has overcome $2.5 million in crypto industry opposition spending to win the Democratic primary in Illinois' District 7. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Money involved in this election
La Shawn Ford (D): Raised $495k, $2.48M in outside spending to oppose ($2.48M from crypto PACs)
Jason Friedman (D): Raised $2.51M ($4.5k from crypto donors), $337k in outside spending to support, $60.6k in outside spending to oppose
Thomas Fisher (D): Raised $800k, $120k in outside spending to support
Anthony Driver Jr. (D): Raised $224k, $562k in outside spending to support
Richard Boykin (D): Raised $383k
Reed Showalter (D): Raised $332k
Anabel Mendoza (D): Raised $228k
Rory Hoskins (D): Raised $200k
Danny Davis (D): Raised $101k
Chad Koppie (R):
Patricia Easley (R):

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 18/03/2026

Robert Peters has lost his Democratic primary in Illinois, where the Fairshake pro-crypto super PAC network spent $817,000 against him. The AI PACs, which share leadership, backed Jackson. However, the victor, Donna Miller, also received an "A" rating from the Stand With Crypto advocacy group.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 18/03/2026

Juliana Stratton wins the Illinois Senate Democratic primary, overcoming $10 million in crypto industry opposition spending. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Senate
Protect Progress and FairShake spent $30,183 to support Raja Krishnamoorthi in the Democratic primary.
Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase, Solana Labs, and 2 other companies (or their executives) also contributed $25,300 to support Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Raja Krishnamoorthi was defeated in the Democratic primary.
Protect Progress and FairShake spent $285,008 to support Robin Kelly in the Democratic primary.

Robin Kelly was defeated in the Democratic primary.
Protect Progress and FairShake have spent $9,985,734 to oppose Juliana Stratton in the Democratic primary.
Juliana Stratton has an upcoming general election on November 3, 2026.

Money involved in this election
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D): Raised $30.5M ($25.3k from crypto donors), $412k in outside spending to support ($30.2k from crypto PACs), $3.34M in outside spending to oppose
Juliana Stratton (D): Raised $4.06M, $9.07M in outside spending to support, $10.4M in outside spending to oppose ($9.99M from crypto PACs)
Robin Kelly (D): Raised $3.31M, $1.28M in outside spending to support ($285k from crypto PACs)
Dick Durbin (D): Raised $2.37M
Don Tracy (R): Raised $2.26M
Jeannie Evans (R): Raised $630k

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Frank Calabrese @frankcalabrese.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

La Shawn Ford’s campaign launched a rebuttal ad against Fairshake, the crypto super PAC that has spent $2.5 million against him in #IL07. The ad points to TV and print coverage to show that Fairshake’s attacks omit a key fact: the charges against Ford were dropped.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 12/03/2026

Crypto super PAC Fairshake is approaching $10M attacking IL Dem Senate candidate Juliana Stratton for taking ~$40k from “MAGA donors”. Meanwhile the Fairshake network has spent millions backing MAGA candidates like Barry Moore (AL), Randy Fine & Jimmy Patronis (FL), and Jessica Steinmann (TX).

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Ryan Ottignon @ryaninevanston.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Bean indeed was supported in a new ad today, paid for by pro-crypto PAC Protect Progress, Democrat-supporting arm of Fairshake. Bean is the sixth of eight frontrunners who filled out the Stand With Crypto questionnaire to receive direct or indirect support from a linked super PAC.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 09/03/2026

The Fairshake network of pro-crypto super PACs has just spent $90,000 to back Robin Kelly in the Illinois Senate race, where they've spent over $5.5 million to oppose Juliana Stratton. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Money involved in this election
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D): Raised $28M ($22K from crypto donors), $350K in outside spending to support, $3.2M in outside spending to oppose
Juliana Stratton: Raised $3.2M, $8.8M in outside spending to support, $5.89M in outside spending to oppose ($5.5M from crypto PACS)
Robin Kelly: Raised $2.9M, $440k in outside spending to support ($90K from crypto PACs)

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 04/03/2026

A number of crypto-funded candidates advanced in tonight's primaries, though mostly ones who were already safe bets. • Jessica Steinmann (R, #TX08, $772,000 from crypto PACs) • French Hill (incumbent R, #AR02, $418,000) • Trever Nehls (R, #TX22, $141,000) • Timothy K. Moore (R, #NC14, $81,000)

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 28/02/2026

The Fairshake pro-crypto super PAC has just spent $5.2 million on attack ads targeting Democrat Juliana Stratton in her primary race for Illinois Senate. The ads cast her as “corrupt criminal Mike Madigan’s hand-picked politician” who “follow[s] his orders at any cost”.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

Other February PAC spending mostly targets races in states with early primaries. • $260k to back Jessica Steinmann in TX H-8 • $92k to back Chris Gober in TX H-10 • $141k to back Trever Nehls in TX H-22 • $81k to back Tim Moore in NC H-14

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

On February 17, the Fairshake crypto super PAC spent $41,000 to oppose Democrat Robert Peters in his primary race in Illinois District 2. As with Ford in District 7, the PACs are targeting him for his support of a consumer protection bill in the IL Senate. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Money involved in this election

Donna Miller (D): $1.3M raised, $1.5M in outside spending to support
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D): $206k raised, $1.1M in outside spending to support
Robert Peters (D): $900k raised, $310k in outside spending to support, $82k in outside spending to oppose ($41k from crypto PACs)
Mike Noak (R): No spending data

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

Crypto super PAC Fairshake has spent more than $1.5 million on ads against Illinois District 7 candidate La Shawn Ford in his Democratic primary. Ford has denounced the spending as "blood money". www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Money involved in this election

La Shawn Ford (D): $410k raised, $1.6M in outside spending to oppose ($1.58M from crypto PACs)
Jason Friedman (D): $1.8M raised ($4.5k from crypto donors), $180k in outside spending to support
Thomas Fisher (D): $630k raised, $120k in outside spending to support
Richard Boykin (D): $330k raised
Anthony Driver Jr. (D): $180k raised, $82k in outside spending to support
Reed Showalter (D): $250k raised
Rory Hoskins (D): $160k raised
Anabel Mendoza (D): $130k raised
Danny Davis (D, not running): $86k raised

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

From February 12–17, the Fairshake crypto super PAC network spent $1.5 million to support Democrat Christian Menefee in his primary race against Al Green in District 18 (incumbent in District 9). Fairshake has deemed Green "actively hostile" to crypto. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Money involved in this election
Christian Menefee (D): $2.7M raised, $2M in outside spending to support ($1.56M from crypto PACs)
Amanda Edwards (D): $1.7M raised
Al Green (D): $940k raised
Ronald Whitfield (R) and Elizabeth Vences (R) have no fundraising to report

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

From February 11–18, the Fairshake cryptocurrency super PAC network has spent over $2 million to back current Alabama Rep. Barry Moore in his Senate campaign. This is the largest PAC expenditure to date for the 2026 midterms. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Money involved in this election

Tommy Tuberville (R, not running in this race): $4M raised ($21,000 from crypto donors), $110k in outside spending to support
Barry Moore (R): $1.4M raised, $2.3M in outside spending to support ($2.015M from crypto PACs)
Steve Marshall (R): $1.2M raised
Jared Hudson (R): $850k raised, $51k in outside spending to support
Rodney Walker (R): $620k raised
Kyle Sweetser (D): $120k raised
Dakarai Larriett (D): $100k raised
Mark Wheeler II (D): $15k raised

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

From February 5–18, the Fairshake super PAC network spent $384,000 to support incumbent Republican French Hill in Arkansas’ District 2. Hill is Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and a longtime industry ally who has also received $500,000 in direct support from Coinbase and others.

Money involved in this election
French Hill (R): $3.1M raised (~$543,000 from crypto donors), $420,000 in outside spending to support ($384,000 from crypto PACs)
Chris Jones (D): $470,000 raised
Chase McDowell (R): $160,000 raised

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 26/02/2026

From February 12–19, the Fairshake cryptocurrency super PAC network has spent $81,000 to support Republican Tim Moore in North Carolina’s 14th District. www.followthecrypto.org/2026/electio...

Chart showing money involved in this election.
Timothy K. Moore: $1.1M raised, $81,000 in outside spending to support (all from crypto PACs)
Brent Caldwell: $59,000 raised
Kate Barr: $18,000 raised

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 06/11/2024

Democrat Elizabeth Warren has won re-election to the Massachusetts Senate, winning over longshot crypto candidate Republican John Deaton. Deaton received $1.7 million in backing from crypto industry, which also spent a bit over $400K to oppose Warren. www.followthecrypto.org/elections/MA-S

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Massachusetts Senate election | Follow the Crypto

Cryptocurrency industry spending to influence the Massachusetts Senate election.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 06/11/2024

Republican Jim Justice has won his West Virginia Senate race, flipping the seat from retiring Democrat Joe Manchin. Justice was heavily favored to win. He received $3 million in crypto super PAC support in his primary race, but no support in the general. www.followthecrypto.org/elections/WV-S

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West Virginia Senate election | Follow the Crypto

Cryptocurrency industry spending to influence the West Virginia Senate election.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 06/11/2024

Republican Jim Banks has won his Indiana Senate race, as the heavily favored candidate. He received $3 million in crypto super PAC support in his primary race, but no support in the general. followthecrypto.org/elections/IN-S

Chart of spending in the Indiana Senate race. Jim Banks raised $6.8 million and $4 million was spent to support him. $3 million of it was from the crypto industry. Two Democratic opponents, Valerie McCray and Marc Carmichael, raised a little over $100K.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 27/09/2024

Crypto super PACs have contributed another $3.1 million to support Elissa Slotkin (Democrat running for Michigan Senate). She has received $10 million from them so far, the second largest contribution to a single candidate (behind Bernie Moreno in Ohio). followthecrypto.org/elections/MI-S

Spending in the Michigan Senate race. Elissa Slotkin (D) has raised $24 million. $14 million has been spent to oppose her. $13 million has been spent to support her, $10 million of which is from the crypto industry.
Mike Rogers (R) has raised $5.4 million. $20 million has been spent to oppose him. $13 million has been spent to support him.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 14/09/2024

A cryptocurrency-focused super PAC has just spent another $7.6 million to support Republican Bernie Moreno in his Ohio Senate race against Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown. This PAC has poured $27 million into backing Moreno in the last month. www.followthecrypto.org/elections/OH-S

Money involved in this election
Sherrod Brown (Democrat) has raised $53 million; $3 million in outside spending has gone to support him; $24 million in outside spending has been spent to oppose him
Bernie Moreno (Republican) has raised $16 million; $36 million in outside spending has gone to support him ($27 million from the crypto industry); $19 million in outside spending has been spent to oppose him

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 08/09/2024

Some more big spending coming out of the crypto industry recently: • Another $7.6M to support Bernie Moreno (Republican candidate for Ohio Senate), totaling $19.6M in support thus far • $3.5M to support Ruben Gallego (Dem running for AZ Senate)

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 04/09/2024

Crypto candidate John Deaton won his R primary in the Massachusetts Senate race, where he will now face Elizabeth Warren. The crypto industry — mainly the Winklevoss twins, Ripple, and Potter Ventures — has been spending heavily to support him. followthecrypto.org/elections/MA-S

Top donors
Winklevoss Capital
$1,019,295.29
Tyler WinklevossFounderJuly 18, 2024
$510,044.30
Cameron WinklevossFounderJuly 18, 2024
$509,250.99
Ripple Labs
(Ripple Labs Inc) May 15, 2024
$1,000,000.00
Philip PotterInvestor
Potter Ventures LLC
July 23, 2024
$496,849.86
James MurphyFounder
Ludlow Street Advisors LLC
April 15, 2024
$50,000.00

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 27/08/2024

Protect Progress recently threw $112,913 into Sarah McBride's Democratic primary for the at-large House district in Delaware. She probably doesn't need the help, given her lead both in terms of fundraising and in the polls.

Spending in the Delaware at-large House race.
Sarah McBride (D) raised $2.6 million, and $150k has been spent to support her ($113k from the crypto industry).
Donyale Hall (R) has raised $22k

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 27/08/2024

The Defend American Jobs crypto-focused super PAC has just poured more than $12 million into Republican Bernie Moreno's campaign against incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race. This is the largest crypto PAC expenditure involving a single candidate so far.

Spending in the Ohio Senate race.
Sherrod Brown (D) has raised $53 million, and has received $1.8 million in outside spending to support and $3.2 million in outside spending to oppose.
Bernie Moreno (R) has raised $16 million, and has received $19 million in outside spending to support ($12 million from crypto-focused PACs) and $9.4 million to oppose.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 20/08/2024

After a mandatory recount, Yassamin Ansari has been declared the victor in the Democratic primary for the House seat representing Arizona’s District 3. The race was decided by only 39 votes. She’s likely to win the general election against longshot Republican candidate Jeff Zink.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 09/08/2024

Spending is beginning in the campaign to unseat Democrat Elizabeth Warren in her Massachusetts Senate race. A super PAC supporting Republican John Deaton, who's running almost exclusively on a crypto platform, just spent almost $1 million on ads. www.followthecrypto.org/elections/MA-S

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 03/08/2024

In the Arizona District 3 Democratic primary, where a crypto-focused super PAC shelled out $1.37 million to back Yassamin Ansari, the two frontrunners are separated by only 89 votes.

Democratic primary
Ansari is leading by 89 votes with 99 percent of votes counted.

Votes received and percentages of total vote
Candidate Votes Pct.
Ansari 18,981 44.6
Teran 18,892 44.4
Wooten 4,650 10.9
An estimated 99 percent of votes have been counted.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 03/08/2024

Andrei Cherny has lost his crowded Democratic Primary to Amish Shah in Arizona District 1. Crypto-focused super PAC “Protect Progress” spent ~$415,000 to support Cherny, who had made some positive comments about crypto, but seemingly mostly because they wanted to beat Shah. bsky.app/profile/foll...

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 01/08/2024

Blake Masters has lost his Republican primary to Abraham Hamadeh in Arizona District 8. Cryptocurrency-focused super PAC “Defend American Jobs” spent around $583,000 to support Masters, who had promised to be “the biggest champion of crypto DC has ever seen”.

Money involved in the Arizona House District 8 election.
Blake Masters raised $4 million. $970k was spent to support him, $583k of which came from Defend American Jobs. $260k was spent to oppose him.
Abraham Hamadeh raised $1.4 million. $570k was spent to support and $590k to oppose him, none of which was from the crypto industry PACs.
Ben Toma raised $850k, with $1.5 million spent to support and $26k to oppose.

Tweet by Blake Masters: This is great progress—but also just the beginning.

The moment I get sworn into Congress I will be the biggest champion of crypto DC has ever seen.

It’s time that woke, miserable regulators in Washington get put in their place in so great American entrepreneurs can innovate.

Quoted tweet by Unusual Whales: JUST IN: US House passes FIT21 crypto bill, a cryptocurrency regulation bill that creates a path for cryptocurrencies to be exempt from many securities regulations if they achieve a sufficient level of decentralization.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 27/07/2024

FairShake has put in another $400k to oppose Cori Bush in Missouri District 1, totaling $1.4 million in spending against her.

Recent expenditures
July 24, 2024 (disseminated July 25, 2024)
Oppose Cori Bush (D)
$390,134.00
Democratic primary, Missouri House District 1
Advertising expenses
IE-Bush-Media Buy
July 24, 2024
Oppose Cori Bush (D)
$11,587.00
Democratic primary, Missouri House District 1
Advertising expenses
IE-Bush-Media Production

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 27/07/2024

Cryptocurrency-focused super PAC FairShake has just spent $1 million to oppose Cori Bush in her Missouri Democratic House District 1 primary coming up on August 6. This totals $5.4M spent against her and $4.7M to support her opponent, much of which is coming from AIPAC.

Money involved in the Missouri District 1 race.
Cori Bush (D) has raised $2.9M and $1.8M in outside spending has supported her. $5.4M in outside spending opposes her, $1M of which is from the crypto industry.
Wesley Bell has raised $4.8M, and $4.7M has been spent to support him. He has received $520K in opposition spending. None of the outside spending on him is crypto-related.
Other candidates have raised much smaller amounts and received no outside spending.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 27/07/2024

The Commonwealth Unity Fund has just spent $308,883 to support John Deaton in his upcoming Republican primary. Whoever wins the Republican primary will ultimately go up against Elizabeth Warren, one of crypto's biggest opponents on the hill. www.followthecrypto.org/elections/MA-S

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Massachusetts Senate election | Follow the Crypto

Cryptocurrency industry spending to influence the Massachusetts Senate election.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 25/07/2024

Crypto-focused super PAC "Protect Progress" has spent $1 million to support incumbent Shri Thanedar in the Michigan District 13 Democratic primary race, which is coming up on Aug 6. www.followthecrypto.org/elections/MI...

Chart showing money involved in the MI-H-13 race. Shri Thanedar (D) has raised $6.3M, and $1M has been spent by outside groups to support him. All $1M comes from Protect Progress.
Opponent Mary Waters (D) has raised $110k, and has received $1.5M in non-crypto opposition spending.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 25/07/2024

Crypto-focused super PAC "Protect Progress" has just spent $1.5 million to support Emily Randall in the Washington District 6 non-partisan primary race, which is coming up on August 6. This amount is more than either candidate has individually raised.

Chart showing money involved in the WA-H-06 race. Emily Randall (D) has raised $910k, and $1.9M has been spent by outside groups to support her. $1.5M of that comes from Protect Progress.
Her opponent Hilary Franz (D) has raised $1.3M and has received $30k in non-crypto outside spending.
Drew MacEwen (R) has raised $140k.

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 22/07/2024

Crypto-focused super PAC "Protect Progress" has just spent $415,300 to support Andrei Cherny in the Arizona District 1 Democratic primary race, which is coming up on July 30.

Recent expenditures
July 19, 2024
Support Andrei Cherny (D)
$15,300.00
Democratic primary, Arizona House District 1
Protect Progress
Advertising expenses
IE-Cherny-Media Production (Estimate)
July 18, 2024 (disseminated July 19, 2024)
Support Andrei Cherny (D)
$100,000.00
Democratic primary, Arizona House District 1
Protect Progress
Advertising expenses
IE-Cherny-Media Buy
July 18, 2024 (disseminated July 19, 2024)
Support Andrei Cherny (D)
$300,000.00
Democratic primary, Arizona House District 1
Protect Progress
Advertising expenses
IE-Cherny-Media Buy

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Tech Influence Watch @influence.citationneeded.news · 18/07/2024

Crypto-focused super PAC "Protect Progress" has just spent $1.37 million to support Yassamin Ansari in the Arizona District 3 Democratic primary race, which is coming up on July 30.

Recent expenditures
July 16, 2024
Support Yassamin Ansari (Arizona House District 3)
$14,650.00
Protect Progress
Advertising expenses
IE-Ansari-Media Production (Estimate)
July 15, 2024 (disseminated July 16, 2024)
Support Yassamin Ansari (Arizona House District 3)
$1,352,997.00
Protect Progress
Advertising expenses
IE-Ansari-Media Buy

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