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title: "FEC data: AI-oriented PACs spent nearly $80M on the 2026 US elections, mostly before the primaries; pro-regulatory PACs outspent Leading the Future's network (Ian Krietzberg/Puck)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/fec-data-ai-oriented-pacs-spent-nearly-80m-on-the-2026-us-elections-b79b10f2
published: 2026-10-30T13:10:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# FEC data: AI-oriented PACs spent nearly $80M on the 2026 US elections, mostly before the primaries; pro-regulatory PACs outspent Leading the Future's network (Ian Krietzberg/Puck)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-30 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/fec-data-ai-oriented-pacs-spent-nearly-80m-on-the-2026-us-elections-b79b10f2

Ian Krietzberg / Puck : FEC data: AI-oriented PACs spent nearly $80M on the 2026 US elections, mostly before the primaries; pro-regulatory PACs outspent Leading the Future's network — To almost everyone's surprise, pro-regulatory PACs have outspent pro-industry groups in the midterms as the A.I. accelerationists seemingly took their foot off the pedal.

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

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261030/p13#a261030p13)

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