According to Odaily, the results announced by the Associated Press on July 31 revealed that Blake Masters, the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 8th Congressional District, was defeated in the party's primary election. Abraham Hamadeh emerged victorious in the Republican primary with 29.8% of the vote, surpassing Masters.
In the lead-up to the primary, the crypto PAC Fairshake and Protect Progress's affiliate, the 'Defend American Jobs Super Political Action Committee,' spent approximately $600,000 on media purchases to support Masters. The Republican candidate had previously stated in May that if elected, he would become 'the biggest cryptocurrency advocate Washington, D.C. has ever seen.'
