Two super PACs tied to the crypto-backed political action committee Fairshake have disclosed combined spending of more than $1.5 million ahead of the Aug. 18 primaries, backing House and Senate candidates in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming.
Federal Election Commission filings show Defend American Jobs put more than $500,000 into Alaska's single at-large congressional district to support Rep. Nick Begich's reelection. The same super PAC directed similar amounts to Sydney Gruters, the Republican candidate in Florida's 16th District, and Harriet Hageman, running for a Senate seat in Wyoming.
Protect Progress disclosed more than $50,000 in Florida's 23rd District to back Lois Frankel's reelection bid. Frankel, Begich and Hageman have all voted for the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act during their time in Congress.
The disclosure follows a primary loss for a Protect Progress-backed candidate in Michigan's 13th Congressional District. The super PAC had poured more than $2 million into supporting Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar, who lost to state Rep. Donavan McKinney.
Two super PACs linked to Fairshake, the political action committee backed by cryptocurrency companies, have reported spending more than $1.5 million combined ahead of the Aug. 18 primaries to support House and Senate candidates in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming.
Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress, both connected to Fairshake, made the disclosures in filings with the Federal Election Commission. Defend American Jobs put upward of $500,000 into Alaska's single at-large congressional district to help Republican Rep. Nick Begich hold his seat. The same super PAC directed a comparable amount to Sydney Gruters, the Republican running in Florida's 16th District, and to Harriet Hageman, a candidate for Wyoming's Senate seat.
Protect Progress, for its part, reported more than $50,000 in spending in Florida's 23rd District to support the reelection of Lois Frankel. All three candidates — Frankel, Begich and Hageman — voted for both the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act during their current terms in Congress.
The latest outlays come on the heels of a primary defeat for a Protect Progress-backed candidate in Michigan's 13th Congressional District. There, the super PAC had spent more than $2 million to support Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar, who lost his primary to state Rep. Donavan McKinney.
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