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Key Takeaways
- Most of the money supports Husted.
- Winklevoss money arrived as bitcoin.
- Ethics and stablecoin rewards stalled CLARITY.
- Polls give Brown a narrow lead.
Defend American Jobs, the Republican-focused arm of the Fairshake network, has reported $46.67 million in Ohio independent expenditures, and the Winklevoss-backed Digital Freedom Fund $5.94 million, according to FEC filings that crypto.news totals at $52.61 million. The race is a special election for the seat JD Vance vacated, which Gov. Mike DeWine filled by appointing Jon Husted in January 2025. The winner serves through 2028 and then has to run again.
Where the $52.6 million went
Most of it is filed as support for Husted, not opposition to Brown, according to Tech Influence Watch’s tracker. Some headlines frame the whole total as spending against B...
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