{"id":742860,"date":"2026-08-05T21:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-backed-michigan-house-incumbent-loses-primary-despite-2m-pac-support\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:45:23","slug":"crypto-backed-michigan-house-incumbent-loses-primary-despite-2m-pac-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-backed-michigan-house-incumbent-loses-primary-despite-2m-pac-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto-backed Michigan House incumbent loses primary despite $2M PAC support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-can-somebody-predict-the-next-us-elections-crypto.jpg\" alt=\"Crypto-backed Michigan House incumbent loses primary despite $2M PAC support\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>A Midwest Democratic primary that raised accusations of payback from the cryptocurrency industry ended with the unseating of two-term incumbent Shri Thanedar.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State Representative Donavan McKinney won a Democratic primary against incumbent House Representative Shri Thanedar in a race that raised accusations of payback by the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n<p>McKinney <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/08\/04\/us\/elections\/results-michigan-us-house-13-primary.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">won<\/a> the primary for Michigan\u2019s 13th Congressional District with 51.9% of the vote against Thanedar\u2019s 48.1% as of Wednesday, the New York Times reported. The primary saw a cryptocurrency-backed political action committee (PAC) spending more than $2 million on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> in an attempt to re-elect Thanedar, who has voted in favor of many bills favoring the industry while in Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Election results for Democratic primary in Michigan\u2019s 13th congressional district. Source: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/08\/04\/us\/elections\/results-michigan-us-house-13-primary.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" >General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/michigan-house-rep-loses-primary-support-crypto-pac?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Midwest Democratic primary that raised accusations of payback from the cryptocurrency industry ended with the unseating of two-term incumbent Shri Thanedar. Michigan State Representative Donavan McKinney won a Democratic primary against incumbent House Representative Shri Thanedar in a race that raised accusations of payback by the cryptocurrency industry. 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