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While two new players plan to back GOP candidates, the biggest one works both sides of the aisle.
When Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton emerged victorious from the state’s Democratic Senate primary in March, she didn’t just defeat her Democratic opponents, she also overcame a $10.3 million campaign by the crypto industry’s largest PAC, Fairshake, to sink her candidacy.
Alex Demas is a reporter at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he worked in England as a financial journalist and earned his MA in Political Economy at King's College London. When not heroically combating misinformation online, Alex can be found mixing cocktails, watching his beloved soccer team Aston Villa lose a match, or attempting to pet stray cats.
