Crypto Industry Has Spent $46M Trying to Defeat Sherrod Brown
The crypto industry’s main political spending group has now disclosed about $46.66 million in spending this year against Democrat Sherrod Brown in Ohio’s US Senate race. The figure comes from
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October 18, 2026
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The crypto industry’s main political spending group has now disclosed about $46.66 million in spending this year against Democrat Sherrod Brown in Ohio’s US Senate race.
The figure comes from a Federal Election Commission filing signed on 15 October by Defend American Jobs, an affiliate of the Fairshake super PAC. It makes Ohio the industry’s most expensive target of the 2026 election cycle.
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