Barry Moore Wins Alabama Runoff After $12M Crypto PAC Push

Barry Moore won Alabama’s Republican Senate runoff Tuesday after more than $12 million in pro-crypto PAC support carried his campaign into the November general election.

Moore defeated former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson with 55.80% of the vote to Hudson’s 44.20%, according to unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State. All 67 counties had reported as of late Tuesday.

Moore will face Democrat Everett Wess in November. Alabama is a strongly Republican state, giving Moore a clear path after winning the GOP nomination.

Defend American Jobs, a Republican super PAC tied to Fairshake, spent heavily to support Moore. The group reported $7.4 million in media spending before the May 20 primary and another $4.7 million before the runoff. Federal Election Commission records list Defend American Jobs as an active independent expenditure-only super PAC. The committee cannot coordinate directly with campaigns, though it can spend on media and ads.

Fairshake spokesman Geoff Vetter said the network’s “biggest spend of the cycle” produced another pro-innovation Senate candidate. He added that the network still has nearly $150 million in cash as it keeps building a larger pro-crypto caucus.

Moore has supported major crypto bills while serving in the House. Stand With Crypto rated him as strongly supportive of crypto policy. Hudson was rated neutral. Hudson said “Big Crypto” had not backed his campaign. He still supported the market structure bill under Senate review, though the outside spending favored Moore by a wide margin.

The Fellowship PAC also backed Moore and disclosed $350,000 in spending for his campaign. The Blockchain Leadership Fund endorsed him in May, though filings showed no related spending as of Tuesday.

The Alabama race comes as crypto PACs spend across several state and federal contests. Fairshake and allied groups raised $193 million from Ripple, Coinbase, a16z, Gemini, Crypto.com, Kraken, and others ahead of the 2026 midterms, as previously reported by crypto.news.

The same PAC network also helped turn a Texas runoff into a crypto test when Christian Menefee defeated longtime Representative Al Green. Related PACs have also spent in California and are watching races in Maryland and New York.

The Senate math matters for digital asset bills. Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers. Democrats are trying to win back control in 2027.

The Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act passed the House in July 2025 but has stalled in the Senate. Earlier crypto.news reporting said the bill has been caught between disputes over stablecoin yields, DeFi oversight, and ethics provisions.

The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version of the bill in January. The Senate Banking Committee still needs to move its own version before lawmakers can reconcile the text.

Moore’s win gives the crypto industry a friendly nominee in a Senate race Republicans are expected to hold. The broader test is whether PAC spending can keep enough pro-crypto lawmakers in Congress before the next round of market structure votes.