Here’s how the candidates backed by AI super PACs fared
Source: Fortune ·
AI super PACs spent $79 million this cycle, most of it before November. Here’s what they got for it.
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This was the biggest year ever for AI super PAC spending. Years ago, the industry barely registered in campaign finance, but this cycle, AI super PACs spent $79 million across 68 House and Senate seats, according to Tech Influence Watch. Most of that money landed early, and the biggest fight came in June’s Democratic primary for New York’s 12th District, where Leading the Future spent more than $8.1 million against Assemblymember Alex Bores, co-author of the state’s RAISE Act, while Public First spent about $15 million to back him. More than $40 million in outside money poured into the race, making it the most expensive House primary of the cycle. Bores lost. And then the money got quiet. As of Oct. 26, Leading the Future had spent only $7.4 million on general-election races, despite having $34 million in cash on hand across its network, according to The Intercept’s analysis of FEC data. The industry is split into two camps, with Leading the Future on one side. Funded largely by…
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