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Technology industries like cryptocurrency and AI have spent huge sums to support Republican candidates, but they still failed to retain Senate seats in Ohio and South Carolina, showing that the power of money is not everything in local elections.
Apart from technology tycoon Elon Musk, other investors supported in this midterm election.republican party Other technology giants who are candidates have also suffered the embarrassment of failure in their “wealth capabilities”. The Wall Street Journal reports,cryptocurrency The industry invested more than 50 million yuan in Ohioohio In South Carolina, he assisted incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jon Husted in his battle against Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown, hoping that Republican nominee Darlene Graham would retain her late brother Lindsey Graham’s original seat, but both parties were disappointed.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his Korean wife Anna Brockman donated $25 million to Leading the Future, a super political action committee (super PAC) aimed at influencing artificial intelligence (AI) regulations, according to a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz also donated 50 million yuan.
CNBC News Channel analyzed on the 4th that the AI industry won some victories in this midterm election. For example, Democratic New York State Representative Alex Borsch, who advocated establishing strict AI safety regulations, was defeated in the primary election. However, the election results revealed that it is not as easy for the AI industry to win the favor of voters in various communities as thought.
During the Ohio U.S. Senate election, Brown targeted Hastie for launching an attack of support for data centers. According to statistics from market research agency AdImpact, about 28 million yuan was spent on advertising criticizing data centers.
In the final round of the election, the data center industry super PAC “Building the Future” launched a wave of advertising campaigns and listed Darlin as its top endorsement target. However, Darlin ultimately lost to Democratic opponent Anne Andrews. According to statistics, “Building the Future” spent 1.5 million yuan on advertising alone to support Darlin. Andrews campaigned for a two-year moratorium on new data center construction.
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The cryptocurrency industry reportedly invested more than $50 million in Ohio and South Carolina in an effort to help Republican candidates retain their Senate seats, but ultimately failed to overturn the election results.
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Hasty of Ohio failed to defeat Democratic opponent Brown, and Darlin of South Carolina also lost to Anne Andrews, representing the Republican Party, failing to capture two key Senate seats.
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The article points out that whether it is cryptocurrency, data center or AI industry, although a lot of money and advertising is invested, the effect of winning the support of voters in local communities is still far from what was expected.
