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The support involved incumbents, challengers, and candidates of all different levels of chance. Remarkably, all 48 candidates endorsed by the industry’s largest political action committee (PAC) are shown to have a victory as of Friday, while only three out of eight remaining races show competitors leading.
That investment perhaps flew under the radar since few campaigns featured ads that mentioned the sector or regulatory issues as such. The crypto industry campaign has emerged as one of the large players.
Fairshake, the largest super PAC associated with the industry, is now the largest single-issue super PAC in U.S. history, thanks to major companies including Coinbase, Ripple Labs, and Andreessen Horowitz.
Along with its two sibling super PACs, Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress, the crypto industry campaign is outspending some of the more traditional corporate donors, such as Koch Industries and Chevron.
Crypto spending in the 2024 elections was second only to the fossil fuels industry in total contributions since a 2010 Supreme Court decision allowed unlimited corporate political spending, according to Public Citizen, a nonprofit government watchdog group. Now, the industry is positioning itself as a formidable political force as it heads into the upcoming legislative session and the 2026 midterm elections.
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