Defend American Jobs used roughly $600,000 in a media buy for Republican Blake Masters, just one of three Arizona candidates crypto PACs supported in 2024.
Blake Masters, a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, lost his party’s primary.
According to results released by the Associated Press on July 31, Abraham Hamadeh defeated Masters in the Republican primary with 29.8% of the vote. In the leadup to the primary, the Defend American Jobs Super political action committee (PAC), an affiliate of the Fairshake and Protect Progress PACs, disseminated roughly $600,000 in a media buy to support Masters.
In a statement on X following the announcement, Masters accepted the primary results, saying he “can’t cry over spilt milk” and called on his followers to support Hamadeh in November. In May, the Republican candidate said he would be “the biggest champion of crypto DC has ever seen” if elected.
