AIPAC, AI, and the Crypto Lobby Can't Beat A Movement
$50,000,000 vs. the people
AIPAC, AI and the Crypto lobby flooded yesterday’s Illinois primary races with over $50,000,000 in Super PAC spending only to walk away with a smattering of wins across the board.
The Political Integrity Project poured $0.00 into these races but saw two candidates who have taken the pledge beat their industry-backed opponents.
Juliana Stratton won the Democratic Senate primary, overcoming $10,000,000 in Crypto lobby money spent against her. She bested former Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly. Both of her opponents have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate PAC money while in office. Juliana has taken none.
Daniel Biss won the Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th House seat. He was up against Kat Abughazaleh, another candidate who took the pledge, and Laura Fine, a former state senator who was buoyed by $4,500,000 in outside spending from an AIPAC-front Super PAC, Elect Chicago Women. ECW went on to spend $1,400,000 in negative ads against Biss and another front organization, Chicago Progressive Partnership, spent $1,200,000 against Kat Abughazaleh.
No matter how hard AIPAC tries, they can’t stop a movement with money.
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