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Crypto PAC's $12 million Senate candidate, Barry Moore, lands Alabama GOP primary
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More than any other congressional race this year, the crypto sector's campaign-funding operations dumped massive cash into Barry Moore's Alabama Senate bid, with the leading political action committee alone spending more than $12 million to push the Republican onto the general-election ballot.
Key facts
- Fairshake also devoted $735,000 to U.S. Representative Kevin Hern in this week's Oklahoma Republican primary, where he won his party's Senate nomination
- More than any other congressional race this year, the crypto sector's campaign-funding operations dumped massive cash into Barry Moore's Alabama Senate bid, with the leading political action
- Tuesday's result, with Moore taking almost 56% of the vote, will likely counter the industry's setback in Illinois, where Fairshake spent more than $10 million trying to defeat Lt
- Their biggest spend of the cycle yielded yet another pro-innovation champion in the Senate, and with nearly $150 million cash on hand they are ready to continue driving the construction of the largest
Summary
The crypto super PAC, Fairshake, notched another win in this year's primary elections after U.S. Representative Barry Moore won the Alabama runoff election for its available Senate seat. Fairshake had backed Moore, a reliable supporter of crypto legislation, with more than $12 million. On Tuesday, Moore won the Republican primary runoff over former Navy Seal Jared Hudson, so Trump's loyal supporter will now be expected to triumph in the November general election because of his state's deeply GOP voter base.