Crypto’s $168 million election: 78 winners, 13 newcomers and one costly defeat

Crypto super PACs backed 78 candidates who have won seats in Congress. Just 13 of them will enter Congress for the first time. Most of the winning roster already has a record in Washington. It includes the author of the House's crypto market-regulation bill, five representatives moving to the Senate, and a senator who supported stablecoin legislation but helped stop the broader market bill from advancing. The newcomers could change the direction of districts whose earlier representatives opposed those measures. CryptoSlate's review follows $168 million in reported outside spending by five crypto-focused super PACs across the 2025-2026 election cycle. The total includes support for unsuccessful candidates and attacks on opponents. Ohio alone absorbed $64 million in an effort to elect Jon Husted and defeat Sherrod Brown. Brown won.

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