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AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race

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AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race

WIRED · Sep 18, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

The reliably Republican South Dakota senate seat has an incumbent on the ballot. But PACs associated with AI labs and investors have already spent more money on the race than actual residents have.