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Follow the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industries’ influence on elections in the United States. By @molly.wiki, creator of @web3isgoinggreat.com.

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 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):
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.
Still frame from ad, showing Stratton with overlaid text: “Juliana Stratton’s Super PAC is Funded by ICE Contractor, CBS News 2/18/26”
Cryptocurrency-related companies or individuals associated with the industry have also supported candidates in this race more directly, without going through the cryptocurrency-focused PACs. Other spending from the industry Raja Krishnamoorthi $22,000 in total other support from companies and individuals Andreessen Horowitz – $14,000 $7,000.00 from Christopher Dixon (Partner) $7,000.00 from Ben Horowitz (Cofounder And GP) Coinbase – $3,500 $3,500.00 from Greg Tusar (VP Institutional) Solana Labs – $3,500 $3,500.00 from Anatoly Yakovenko (CEO And Co-Founder) FalconX – $1,000 $1,000.00 from Raju Indukuri (Founder)
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)
NBC primary results showing Christian Menefee at 46% with 31,280 votes; Al Green at 45.6% with 30,975 votes; Amanda Edwards at 6.5% with 4,427 votes. 67.3% of expected votes in (Est. remaining 34,000)
Other spending from the industry Raja Krishnamoorthi $22,000 in total other support from companies and individuals Andreessen Horowitz – $14,000 $7,000.00 from Christopher Dixon (Partner) $7,000.00 from Ben Horowitz (Cofounder And GP) Coinbase – $3,500 $3,500.00 from Greg Tusar (VP Institutional) Solana Labs – $3,500 $3,500.00 from Anatoly Yakovenko (CEO And Co-Founder) FalconX – $1,000 $1,000.00 from Raju Indukuri (Founder)
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
Ford, one of 13 Democratic primary candidates looking to succeed the retiring Danny K. Davis as 7th District representative in Congress, stood with Davis and other supporters at his campaign headquarters to address a video ad and political mailers that falsely imply that he was convicted of felonies related to bank fraud.  The attack ad, created by the Fairshare super PAC, referred to a federal indictment against Ford in 2012, charging him with bank fraud and submitting false information. The video pieces together statements in a way that conveys that one statement made related to the next statement. But they do not.  Ford, the video intones, “was indicted on 17 counts.” Waiting a moment for effect, they repeat, “17 counts” over a graphic of “17 counts” handwritten on a piece of cardboard. “The verdict? Ford convicted of tax fraud.” But Ford was not charged with tax fraud in the 17-count indictment. That single charge was in a superseding indictment. In 2014, after the original prosecutor left office, another prosecutor took over the case, and the U.S. Attorney in Chicago suddenly dropped all 17 felony charges in exchange for Ford agreeing to enter a guilty plea to a single misdemeanor tax charge. Ford, who has worked in real estate and property rehab on the West Side, agreed to plead guilty to overstating the rehab costs on one of his properties by about $23,000, which lowered his capital gains taxes when the property was sold, resulting in $3,782 in lost tax revenue to the IRS. He was sentenced to probation, a $1,000 fine and restitution.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
U.S. Senate Republican Primary Latest results from 17m ago >95% OF VOTES IN U.S. Senate, Republican Primary race called U.S. Senate, Republican Primary Candidate Votes PercentPct. Chart showing percent John Deaton 133,936 +64.9%64.9% Robert Antonellis 53,589 +26.0%26.0 Ian Cain 18,777 +9.1%9.1 Total reported 206,302
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
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
All cryptocurrency PAC expenditures by party $14.1M supporting Democrats $29.4M supporting Republicans $13.8M opposing Democrats $283k opposing Republicans
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.
Money involved in this election Raquel Terán raised $1.2 million and received $2.7 million in outside spending to support her. $460k was spent to oppose her. Yassamin Ansari raised $1.9 million and received $2.2 million in outside spending to support her, $1.67 million of which was from the crypto industry. $120k was spent to oppose her.
Raquel Terán raised $1.2M, received $2.7M in outside support, and received $460k in outside opposition. Yassamin Ansari raised $1.9M, received $2.2M in outside support ($1.37M from the crypto industry), and received $120k in opposition spending.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
A chart showing that $1.4 million of the $2 million in outside spending for Yassamin Ansari comes from the crypto industry. $87,000 has been spent to oppose her. She has raised $1.7 million. There has been $1.8 million in spending to support Raquel Terán, who has raised $1.1 million.
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