# The Biggest Pro-AI Super Pac Network Didn’t Really Impact the Midterms

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-biggest-pro-ai-super-pac-network-didnt-really-impact-the-midterms/
- Published: 2026-11-04T20:41:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T03:55:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Wired
- Original article: https://www.wired.com/story/the-biggest-pro-ai-super-pac-network-didnt-really-impact-the-midterms/
- Topics: AI, Elections, Politics, Technology

## Key points

- Leading the Future had more than $20 million left after the midterms.
- Most of its support went to candidates in safe races.
- AI and data centres mattered to 56 per cent of voters in an exit poll.

## Summary

Leading the Future, a major network of pro-AI political groups, ended the midterms with more than $20 million left and many successful candidates it had backed. But it gave most of its general-election support to candidates in safe races, while its involvement in a few more competitive contests did little to show it could shape outcomes.

The network launched in 2025 with about $100 million from prominent technology investors and spent roughly $26 million on primary races. It spent millions opposing Alex Bores, who ran in New York on AI safety; he finished second in a crowded Democratic primary, while another candidate campaigning on tech accountability and AI safety won. Funding later fell away, and an NBC exit poll found 56 per cent of voters said AI and data centres played a major role in their vote.

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