Protect Progress Spends $1.3M to Support Pro-Crypto Democrat Yassamin Ansari in Arizona\'s 3rd Congressional District

The political action committee (PAC) Protect Progress has used more than $1.3 million to support the campaign of a Democratic candidate for Arizona's 3rd Congressional District.

A political action committee (PAC) has allocated over $1.3 million to bolster the campaign of a Democratic candidate vying for Arizona's 3rd Congressional District.

The Protect Progress Super PAC has channeled more than $1.3 million in a media buy to support Yassamin Ansari, as per expenditures filed with the Federal Election Commission. The Arizona Democrat will contend for the congressional seat in a July 30 primary against Raquel Terán and Duane Wooten.

While Terán's and Wooten's policy positions on crypto and blockchain were unclear at the time of publication, Ansari's campaign website stated she supports “lead[ing] the way in the blockchain and crypto innovation.” The Democratic candidate also completed Coinbase's Stand With Crypto questionnaire, indicating she would back pro-crypto legislation if elected to Congress.

Linda Sánchez, a Democrat representing California's 38th Congressional District and former chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, reportedly called Protect Progress' support of Ansari a move “to buy a seat in Congress” and subvert democracy. Cointelegraph reached out to Ansari's campaign but did not receive a comment at the time of publication.

Protect Progress' website states the Super PAC “supports Democratic candidates committed to securing the United States as the home to innovators building the next generation of the internet,” explicitly citing blockchain technology. The group is also affiliated with the Fairshake PAC, which has funded attack ads against Democratic candidates in California and New York.

Crypto on the ballot earlier this year

In April, Protect Progress spent roughly $3.7 million to support Democratic candidates in Texas' 32nd Congressional District and Alabama's 2nd Congressional District. Shomari Figures and Julie Johnson will face off against Republican candidates in their respective races in the Nov. 5 general election.

For the first time in a U.S. election, major party presidential candidates have taken a position on crypto, making it more likely that single-issue voters could be swayed by promises of protecting Bitcoin ( BTC ) mining or otherwise. Republican candidate Donald Trump will accept his party's nomination for president on July 18, having moved from calling BTC a “scam” in 2019 to accepting campaign contributions in crypto in 2024.

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