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AI Industry Tests Its Political Money Machine in Manhattan Primary

6/23/2026

The artificial intelligence industry is spending millions of dollars to unseat a Manhattan primary candidate who supports greater regulation of the technology, making this race the sector's first acknowledged test of its organized political spending power.

The contest pits AI's growing financial weight directly against a candidate whose platform calls for tighter oversight of the industry.

What a "Money Machine" in a Primary Actually Means A primary election is the contest held within a party to select who appears on the general-election ballot.

Because turnout is low and margins are often narrow, a concentrated outside campaign can move results in ways a broader general election might resist.

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