{"id":605361,"date":"2026-05-27T13:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/crypto-backed-candidates-win-key-texas-primary-runoffs\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T13:54:08","slug":"crypto-backed-candidates-win-key-texas-primary-runoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/crypto-backed-candidates-win-key-texas-primary-runoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto-backed candidates win key Texas primary runoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Crypto-backed<\/p>\n

Crypto PACs threw serious money behind a handful of Texas runoffs, helping oust a senior Democrat and boost Republican hopefuls as lawmakers hammer out new US crypto rules.<\/p>\n

Crypto-backed political groups supported several winning candidates in Texas primary runoffs Tuesday, highlighting the digital asset industry\u2019s growing role in US elections as Congress debates new rules for crypto markets.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Ken Paxton won<\/a> the Republican US Senate runoff against four-term Senator John Cornyn by a wide margin, according to Texas primary runoff results, and will face Democratic state Representative James Talarico in November. <\/p>\n

In Houston\u2019s 18th Congressional District, Democrat Christian Menefee unseated<\/a> fellow Democrat representative Al Green in a decisive win after Republican-led redistricting forced the two incumbents into the same district, ousting one of the state\u2019s most senior House members. <\/p>\n

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Crypto PACs threw serious money behind a handful of Texas runoffs, helping oust a senior Democrat and boost Republican hopefuls as lawmakers hammer out new US crypto rules. Crypto-backed political groups supported several winning candidates in Texas primary runoffs Tuesday, highlighting the digital asset industry\u2019s growing role in US elections as Congress debates new rules […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":605362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-605361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}