Crypto-backed GOP candidate wins Alabama Senate runoff with June primaries looming

Several more US states are scheduled to hold primaries next week after one Republican candidate won in Alabama on Tuesday after a crypto company-backed PAC used what it called its “biggest spend of the cycle.”

More than $12 million in crypto-aligned political action committee (PAC) media buys helped propel Barry Moore to victory in Tuesday’s Alabama Republican US Senate runoff over Barry Moore.

The runoff was necessary after neither candidate was able to secure a majority of the vote on May 19, Moore will be the Republican candidate for a US Senate seat in Alabama, facing off against Democrat Everett Wess. Moore won with 55.8% of the vote to Hudson’s 44.2%, giving him an opportunity to replace outgoing Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville.

Filings with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) showed that the Defend American Jobs PAC, a committee affiliated with the cryptocurrency company-backed Fairshake, spent more than $12 million on media and ads to back Moore’s candidacy in the May 19 primary and Tuesday’s runoff. The Coinbase-affiliated advocacy organization Stand With Crypto rated Moore as “strongly supports crypto,” based on public statements and his voting record while representing Alabama’s 1st Congressional district.

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