Meet the new power players raising massive money for the midterms

A new class of players is gearing up to spend big money in the midterms, cutting across partisan lines and disrupting both the primary and general election landscapes.

And many of them didn’t even exist until recently.

New campaign finance reports reveal the explosive growth of a motley group of moneyed interests — including artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and sports betting companies — that have collectively stockpiled hundreds of millions of dollars to influence who is elected to Congress this year.

These groups have already become among the biggest super PACs in the country — in just a few years or even months. A pro-AI super PAC that launched in August has nearly as much cash as some party-affiliated groups that have long dominated congressional races. A crypto group now in its second cycle has raised even more, outpacing the traditional party players.


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