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Candidate supported by Bankman-Fried-linked PAC loses Oregon primary

Published 05/18/2022, 05:00 PM
Updated 05/18/2022, 06:40 PM
Candidate supported by Bankman-Fried-linked PAC loses Oregon primary

Andrea Salinas has won the Democratic primary election for the newly created Oregon 6th District seat in the United States House of Representatives. Practically since it started, the election race was the object of intensive media attention, which most often centered around Salinas’ opponent Carrick Flynn, whose campaign was generously funded by the Protect Our Future political action committee (PAC) backed by billionaire FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The PAC paid for a flood of advertising supporting Flynn.

Salinas won the seat with 38% of the vote, while Flynn came in second at 19%, with the remaining votes split among seven other candidates.

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