A crypto PAC used roughly $1.5 million to fund a media buy for Democrat Emily Randall, while her rival’s campaign manager criticized the move as having “sold out” the district.
Update (July 26 at 7:22 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Fairshake.
Less than two weeks before the State of Washington’s Democratic primary, candidate Emily Randall received a boost from the crypto political action committee (PAC) Protect Progress.
According to July filings with the Federal Election Commission, the Protect Progress Super PAC used $1.5 million to fund a media buy supporting the Democratic candidate. Randall is rated as a “strong” crypto supporter, according to Coinbase’s Stand With Crypto political initiative. The project cites funds donated to Fairshake — an affiliate of Protect Progress — on its landing page.
