Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Pours Millions More Into Defeating Sherrod Brown
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Crypto’s biggest political spender is turning up the pressure on one of the industry’s fiercest critics.
Key facts
- A filing with the Federal Election Commission, signed Oct
- It committed an initial $6 million, or $1 million each, to six of them: Republicans French Hill, Bill Huizenga and Bryan Steil, and Democrats Janelle Bynum, Steven Horsford and Derek Tran
- Fairshake, funded largely by Coinbase, Ripple, and Andreessen Horowitz, entered September with roughly $120 million in cash and is expected to spend more than $100 million across House and Senate
- Sherrod Brown in Ohio, pushing its total outlay against the former Senate Banking Committee chairman well past the $40 million mark
Summary
A new FEC filing shows Fairshake affiliate Defend American Jobs disclosed spending to oppose the Ohio Democrat has increased to about $46.66 million—the industry’s most expensive 2026 target. Brown, a longtime crypto skeptic, chaired the Senate Banking Committee before losing in 2024, a race Fairshake spent ~$40 million to influence. The blitz follows Fairshake’s Oct. 5 move to back 32 House incumbents with $6 million committed to six. A filing with the Federal Election Commission, signed Oct. 15, shows Defend American Jobs, the Fairshake affiliate that spends in Republican-friendly races, disclosed a $5.2 million media buy opposing Brown, followed by another roughly $1.95 million buy days later, plus media-production costs.