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

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.

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...

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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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...

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

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.

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).

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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Most questionnaire-submitting frontrunners ended up being implicitly or explicitly supported by the crypto lobby. I expect Melissa Bean to be as well, with the IL-08 ads dropping tomorrow morning. IL-09 was notably absent from the support list. 7/9

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...

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)

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”.

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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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Cryptocurrency industry spending to influence the Massachusetts Senate election.

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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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Cryptocurrency industry spending to influence the West Virginia Senate election.

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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

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

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

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)

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.