Barry Moore won Alabama’s Republican Senate runoff after more than $12 million in pro-crypto PAC support helped carry his campaign into the November general election.
Summary
- Barry Moore won Alabama’s GOP Senate runoff after heavy support from Fairshake-linked crypto PACs Tuesday.
- Defend American Jobs spent more than $12M backing Moore across primary and runoff advertising buys.
- The result gives crypto advocates another test case before larger House and Senate fights ahead.
The race now becomes one of its clearest Senate bets this year.
The result gives Fairshake-linked groups another win in the 2026 primary season. Moore defeated former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson in the race to replace Senator Tommy Tuberville, who is running for Alabama governor.
Crypto PAC spending pays off in Alabama
Unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State showed Moore with 55.80% of the vote, compared with 44.20% for Hudson. All 67 counties had reported results as of late Tuesday.
Moore will face Democrat Everett Wess in November. Alabama remains a strongly Republican state, which gives Moore a favorable path after winning the GOP nomination.
Defend American Jobs, a Republican super PAC tied to Fairshake, spent heavily to support Moore. The group reported $7.4 million in media spending before the May 20 primary and another $4.7 million before the runoff.
Federal Election Commission records list Defend American Jobs as an active independent expenditure-only super PAC. The committee cannot coordinate directly with campaigns, but it can spend on media and ads.
Fairshake spokesman Geoff Vetter said “our biggest spend of the cycle” produced another pro-innovation Senate candidate. He also said the network still has nearly $150 million in cash as it keeps building a larger pro-crypto caucus.
Crypto policy shaped the race
Moore has supported major crypto bills while serving in the House. Stand With Crypto rated him as strongly supportive of crypto policy, while Hudson was rated neutral.
Hudson said “Big Crypto” had not backed his campaign. He still supported the market structure bill under Senate review, but the outside spending favored Moore by a wide margin.
The Fellowship PAC also backed Moore and disclosed $350,000 in spending for his campaign. The Blockchain Leadership Fund endorsed him in May, though filings showed no related spending as of Tuesday.
Senate control keeps CLARITY in focus
The Alabama race comes as crypto PACs spend across several state and federal contests. As previously reported by crypto.news, Fairshake and allied groups raised $193 million from Ripple, Coinbase, a16z, Gemini, Crypto.com, Kraken, and others ahead of the 2026 midterms.
As crypto.news reported earlier, the same PAC network also helped turn a Texas runoff into a crypto test when Christian Menefee defeated longtime Representative Al Green. Related PACs have also spent in California and are watching races in Maryland and New York.
The Senate math matters for digital asset bills. Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers, while Democrats are trying to win back control in 2027.
The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act passed the House in July 2025 but has stalled in the Senate. Earlier crypto.news reporting said the bill has been caught between disputes over stablecoin yields, DeFi oversight, and ethics provisions.
The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version of the bill in January. The Senate Banking Committee still needs to move its own version before lawmakers can reconcile the text.
Moore’s win gives the crypto industry a friendly nominee in a Senate race it expects Republicans to hold. The broader test is whether PAC spending can keep enough pro-crypto lawmakers in Congress before the next round of market structure votes.
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