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The tally

Molly White's tally of competitive general-election races called so far shows the industry's side lost nine of 12, with $74.7 million spent on losers and $28.3 million on winners. In 40 safe races, the PACs' picks won all 40.

The races

Sherrod Brown beat more than $64 million of crypto spending, the most on one race, and Annie Andrews beat Darline Graham in South Carolina despite about $4.1 million of AI backing. Colorado's Manny Rutinel was a win for the safety side. In Nebraska, Pete Ricketts held on after Fairshake spent $13.5 million against Dan Osborn.

Still open

Four races were still too close to call, and Wired reports the largest pro-AI network had little measurable effect.

Sources and the full story

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Crypto and AI super PACs lost 9 of 12 competitive races and put $74.7 million on the losers

Molly White's tally of competitive general-election races called so far shows the industry's side lost nine of 12, with $74.7 million spent on losers and $28.3 million on winners. In 40 safe races, the PACs' picks won all 40. Sherrod Brown beat more than $64 million of crypto spending, the most on one race, and Annie Andrews beat Darline Graham in South Carolina despite about $4.1 million of AI backing. Colorado's Manny Rutinel was a win for the safety side. In Nebraska, Pete Ricketts held on after Fairshake spent $13.5 million against Dan Osborn. Four races were still too close to call, and Wired reports the largest pro-AI network had little measurable effect. SourcesBB

Sources

• B2026 election results (Citation Needed)citationneeded.news
• BThe biggest pro-AI super PAC network didn't really impact the midterms (Wired, read via Techmeme summary)wired.com

This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of November 4th 2026.