Key Facts

• Pro-AI groups spent more than $29 million on independent expenditures supporting candidates this cycle, excluding spending by 501(c)(4) groups.
• AI booster groups spent $18.5 million supporting Republicans and $11 million supporting Democrats, according to the article.
• Graham received $4.5 million from AI booster groups, more than three times the amount received by any other candidate cited.
• Democratic Representative Ritchie Torres of New York was the only Democrat to receive more than $1 million from pro-AI groups; his AI Policy Score was 3.4, described as leaning booster.
• AI-skeptic groups spent $9 million attacking Republicans and less than $1 million attacking Democrats.
• Democratic Representative Valerie Foushee and Republican candidate Carlos De La Cruz Jr. were the only candidates cited as receiving more than $1 million in support from skeptic groups.
• Graham said in an August debate, “We need to build data centers,” and her opponent, Amy Andrews, has used the issue in her campaign.
• The article cites polling that found more than 75 percent of Americans had concerns about AI’s growth and that seven in 10 opposed building data centers in their community.