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

    Tech-backed groups are flooding a quiet Senate race, signaling a new era of AI industry political intervention.

    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.

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    AI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race
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    The infusion of massive funding from AI-aligned PACs into a low-profile race signals a strategic pivot toward influencing legislative outcomes at the local level. This trend highlights how the industry is moving beyond lobbying to directly shaping the political composition of the Senate to favor deregulation.

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