Fairshake PAC Spending Against Sherrod Brown Hits About $46.66M in FEC Filing

Crypto super PAC Fairshake's affiliate Defend American Jobs disclosed in an Oct. 15 Federal Election Commission filing that its calendar-year-to-date spending opposing Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown has reached about $46.66M, making the contest the crypto industry's most expensive 2026 campaign target. The latest disclosures include a $5.2M media buy against Brown followed by another roughly $1.95M buy days later alongside media-production costs, pushing total spending well past Fairshake's earlier signaled plan of at least $30M and parallel to support for Republican opponent Jon Husted. Brown previously chaired the Senate Banking Committee, where he stalled crypto market-structure legislation before losing his seat in 2024 in a race Fairshake spent roughly $40M to influence. The Senate outlay follows Fairshake's Oct. 5 announcement backing 32 House incumbents—19 Republicans and 13 Democrats who voted to advance the Clarity Act in July 2025—including an initial $6M commitment split at $1M apiece across six lawmakers. Funded largely by Coinbase, Ripple, and Andreessen Horowitz, Fairshake entered September with roughly $120M in cash and is expected to spend more than $100M across House and Senate races this cycle after the Clarity Act stalled in the Senate.