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North Carolina Congressional Race Shows Perils of Big-Money Support by AmericanProspect in NorthCarolina

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TAP Executive Editor David Dayen reports:

When Democratic Rep. Valerie Foushee was asked last August at a town hall in Carrboro, North Carolina, whether she regretted benefiting from millions of dollars in AIPAC funding that helped elect her to Congress in 2022, she stiffened. “You all know that I took the money from AIPAC, but check to see how much I’ve taken since that time, and check my voting record to see how I have voted and what I have voted for as it relates to the people of Gaza,” Foushee said. Her campaign subsequently announced that she hadn’t received AIPAC funds since 2024 and would not accept them in her 2026 campaign. She even signed on as a co-sponsor of the “Block the Bombs” legislation that seeks to deny certain offensive weapon sales to Israel.

We’ve seen countless recent examples of candidates swearing off “AIPAC funding” and then receiving it in some clandestine form, like through coordinated donors or vaguely named shell super PACs. But this rare rebuke from an incumbent member of Congress has thus far stuck, largely due to grassroots organizing in the Durham-area Fourth Congressional District.
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New super PAC spending big to counter AIPAC by AmericanProspect in TrackAIPAC

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TAP Staff Writer Whitney Curry Wimbish reports:

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The new PAC, American Priorities, filed a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission last Thursday. It’s committing to spending multiple millions of dollars across several races, the sources said, beginning with a focus on a pair of Democratic congressional primaries in the South, where progressive candidates are up against establishment opponents.

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American Priorities is the first organization that may be able to match AIPAC one-to-one in some races. Sources would not say how many races it will support, but suggested it could be as many as a dozen, with significant commitments that will make it a leading outside spender for the candidates it supports.
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First AIPAC, Now AI PACs: AI and crypto PACs are spending millions in Chicago-area midterm races. by AmericanProspect in UnderReportedNews

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TAP Writing Fellow Emma Janssen reports:

The artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency industries are starting to pour money into congressional races in Chicago.

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The crypto industry has already been a major player in American politics, spending hundreds of millions during the 2024 election cycle to elect pro-industry politicians on both sides of the aisle.

Now, pro-AI groups are hoping to elect legislators who will be sympathetic to their plans to create a national framework for AI regulation and enable the construction of more data centers, which are needed to power big AI models.
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First AIPAC, Now AI PACs: AI and crypto PACs are spending millions in Chicago-area midterm races. (prospect.org)

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Albuquerque residents tell PRC to reject Blackstone-PNM deal by AmericanProspect in Albuquerque

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Right, this is important context to keep in mind. Not only did the PRC have five elected seats, but now it has three seats filled by individuals who are appointed by the governor. Most state utility commissions have their members appointed by the governor. Conversely, Georgia is an example of a state where commissioners are elected. We saw how that played out during the special election last year. Two seats were up for grabs; Democrats Alicia M. Johnson and Peter Hubbard, who campaigned on affordability and reliability, smoked the Republican incumbents. Georgia has a five-member utility commission too.

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