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title: "AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-pacs-have-dumped-nearly-1-million-into-an-obscure-senate-race-d42ede05
published: 2026-09-18T15:00:08.000Z
byline: "Source: WIRED AI"
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# AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race

Source: WIRED AI · Published 2026-09-18 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/ai-pacs-have-dumped-nearly-1-million-into-an-obscure-senate-race-d42ede05

The reliably Republican South Dakota senate seat has an incumbent on the ballot. But PACs associated with AI labs and investors have already spent more money on the race than actual residents have.

In this story: [AI policy](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-policy)

## Sources

- [Read the original at WIRED AI](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pacs-have-dumped-nearly-1-million-into-an-obscure-senate-race)

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