Leading the Future Pledges $2.75 Million for 5 Primaries as AI Money Shapes 2026 Races
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Updated · Fox News · May 26
Leading the Future Pledges $2.75 Million for 5 Primaries as AI Money Shapes 2026 Races
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 26
$2.75 million in new spending will go to five upcoming primaries, with Leading the Future putting $2 million into Senate contests and $750,000 into House races ahead of the midterms.
$1.5 million of the Senate money is set to deploy immediately in Louisiana, Montana and Oklahoma, where the super PAC is backing Republicans Julia Letlow, Kurt Alme and Kevin Hern.
House spending will support Rep. Jay Obernolte in California and Angela McKinney in Washington, extending the group's push for candidates opposed to a patchwork of state AI rules.
Leading the Future says it will use broadcast, digital, mail and texting after earlier claiming primary wins in North Carolina, Texas, Illinois and Georgia.
More than $125 million raised in 2025, $70 million on hand at the start of 2026 and another $25 million in the first quarter underscore how AI industry money is gaining political clout even as polls show broad voter unease about jobs, privacy and AI's economic effects.
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