Three AI-Backed Candidates Lost Their 2026 Elections

All three candidates backed by American Mission lost their 2026 elections. American Mission is the Republican spending group of Leading the Future, a political fund focused on artificial intelligence (AI). It put $4.8 million behind Darlene Graham in South Carolina and over $500,000 each behind Aaron Flint in Montana and Laurie Buckhout in North Carolina, according to TechCrunch.