{
  "id": 18142517,
  "title": "Crypto and AI super PACs spent $250M in 2026 midterms, but lost 9/12 competitive races called so far, spending $74.7M on losing candidates and $28.3M on winners (Molly White/Citation Needed)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/crypto-and-ai-super-pacs-spent-250m-in-2026-midterms-but-lost-9-12",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-04T15:15:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.citationneeded.news/2026-election-results/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Crypto and AI companies spent $250 million in the midterms in hopes of picking the lawmakers who will decide how — or whether — their industries will be regulated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Here’s how the candidates backed by AI super PACs fared",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/heres-how-the-candidates-backed-by-ai-super-pacs-fared",
        "published": "2026-11-04T16:49:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}