AI Industry Super PAC Targets Pro-Regulation Lawmaker Alex Bores in Primary Challenge
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Nancy Scola
Summary
A tech-industry-aligned Super PAC called Leading the Future is targeting New York Assemblymember Alex Bores, a pro-regulation Democrat, in a primary challenge. Bores, who has focused on tech policy including AI regulation, expected attacks on higher-profile issues but the PAC went after him on AI specifically. The article examines this as a strategic blueprint for how industry money may be used to punish politicians who support tech regulation, signaling a broader campaign to shape political outcomes around AI policy.
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bskyAI Industry Super PAC Targets Pro-Regulation Lawmaker Alex Bores in Primary Challengepolitico.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledI'm sure they won't come after me on AI, because they're in the wrong.
To take down Bores, Leading the Future had to go for the jugular.
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