{"id":609011,"date":"2026-06-03T19:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/crypto-pac-supported-candidates-sweep-us-state-primaries-after-media-buys\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:53:03","slug":"crypto-pac-supported-candidates-sweep-us-state-primaries-after-media-buys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/03\/crypto-pac-supported-candidates-sweep-us-state-primaries-after-media-buys\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto PAC-supported candidates sweep US state primaries after media buys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Crypto<\/p>\n

Nearly a dozen candidates across three US states won their primaries or will advance to the November election after they were supported by $3.5 million in ads funded by crypto industry-aligned PACs.<\/p>\n

Democratic and Republican candidates across California, New Jersey and South Dakota won their respective primaries on Tuesday after being the beneficiaries of supportive ads purchased by cryptocurrency industry-backed political action committees (PACs).<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Democrats Jacqui Irwin, Ted Lieu, Zoe Lofgren, Dave Min, Mike McGuire, Hilda Solis, George Whitesides, Lou Correa and Lateefah Simon won their respective California primaries<\/a> for House seats. Democrat Rob Menendez and Republican Mike Rounds also won primaries for New Jersey\u2019s 8th congressional district and a South Dakota Senate seat, respectively.<\/p>\n

Selection of results after Tuesday\u2019s primaries for California House seats. Source: <\/em>CalMatters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Nearly a dozen candidates across three US states won their primaries or will advance to the November election after they were supported by $3.5 million in ads funded by crypto industry-aligned PACs. Democratic and Republican candidates across California, New Jersey and South Dakota won their respective primaries on Tuesday after being the beneficiaries of supportive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-609011","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\/609011","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=609011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}