Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio

Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio

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A political action committee (PAC) aligned with and largely funded by the cryptocurrency industry reported spending more than $11 million on ads supporting Republican Jon Husted and opposing Democrat Sherrod Brown in a race for one of Ohio’s seats in the US Senate.

In a Thursday filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the Defend American Jobs PAC, affiliated with the Coinbase- and Ripple Labs-backed group Fairshake, reported spending $11.4 million on media supporting Husted and opposing Brown’s potential return to the Senate.

The ad buys appeared to be part of Fairshake’s pledge to initially spend $30 million in the Ohio race in an attempt to block Brown, who was previously chair of the Senate Banking Committee and one of the more outspoken voices in Congress against pro-crypto legislation and policies.

Cointelegraph reached out to Husted’s and Brown’s campaigns for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

In an August 2025 inquiry following the launch of his Senate race, Brown told Cointelegraph: In 2024, the Ohio Senate race between Brown, then an incumbent, and Republican Bernie Moreno resulted in more than $300 million in spending from outside groups like Fairshake.

FEC records showed that the crypto-aligned PAC and its affiliates alone spent about $41 million to oppose Brown and support Moreno.

The Republican won the election with 50.2% of the vote to Brown’s 46.4%.

Related: US midterm election mirrors 2024 as crypto PACs move into Ohio races Husted was appointed to his seat in the Senate by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine after it was vacated by then-Senator JD Vance, who was elected US vice president in 2024.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a co-founder of the digital asset management company Strive, ran as a Republican in the 2024 US presidential election and often spoke favorably about crypto and blockchain.

He did not serve in the Trump administration; instead, shortly after the president’s 2025 inauguration, he announced plans to run for governor of Ohio and won the Republican nomination in May 2026. He will face off against Democrat Amy Acton in November.

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