Regulation2026-11-04

AI industry PACs spent millions to influence the 2026 midterm elections. American Mission and Building the Future backed Darline Graham in South Carolina. She lost her Senate race. American Mission also spent over $500,000 each on Aaron Flint and Laurie Buckhout. Both lost their House races. Think Big, LTF’s Democratic arm, backed Jared Moskowitz in Florida. He won reelection. Public First, backed by Anthropic, supported several Republicans who lost. It also gave $3M to a PAC for California state Sen. Scott Wiener. He was leading his race. Guardrails Alliance spent over $1M opposing Jimmy Gomez and Aaron Flint. Both lost.

  • $4.8M on Darline Graham
  • $27.38M in primaries
  • $3M to PAC for Scott Wiener
  • $1M+ opposing Jimmy Gomez and Aaron Flint

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