Crypto Super PAC Fairshake to Spend $30 Million to Unseat Brown in Ohio Senate Race
Summary
- Super PAC Fairshake said it will spend $30 million to defeat former Senator Brown in Ohio's Senate race.
- The group said the spending would mark Fairshake's largest single-candidate expenditure of the 2026 midterm elections.
- Fairshake is backed by major crypto companies including Coinbase and Ripple, and it also spent about $40 million to try to unseat Brown in the 2024 election.
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The cryptocurrency industry-backed super PAC Fairshake plans to spend $30 million to defeat former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio's U.S. Senate race.
Cointelegraph reported on September 21 that a Fairshake spokesperson announced plans to spend the money on ads opposing Brown. The sum would mark Fairshake's largest single-candidate expenditure of the 2026 midterm elections.
Brown previously chaired the Senate Banking Committee and has been critical of the cryptocurrency industry. Fairshake also spent about $40 million to try to unseat Brown in the 2024 election.
Brown is running against incumbent Republican Senator Jon Husted in the Ohio Senate race. Fairshake is backed by major crypto companies including Coinbase and Ripple.
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