Why Pro-AI groups poured $29 Million into US midterms

Pro-AI groups have spent more than $29 million backing candidates in the 2026 US midterm elections, with Republican candidates receiving a larger share of the funding as opposition to data centre construction grows across the country, according to a Newsweek report.

Republican Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina has received $4.5 million from AI booster groups during the current election cycle, according to the latest Q3 Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings cited by Newsweek. This is more than three times the amount received by any other candidate in the country.