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AI and the Foushee/Allam race
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/05/23/ai-industry-super-pacs-are-intervening-midterm-congressional-races/
Nida Allam, a 32-year-old Democrat, was fighting a close North Carolina primary when a barrage of ads swept in. Over five days in February, the blitz across TV, radio and social media painted the incumbent, Rep. Valerie Foushee, as a liberal crusader. “She is leading the fight to hold ICE accountable,” one ad said of Foushee, who co-chairs a Democratic House commission on artificial intelligence.