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Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton has outraised Senator Elizabeth Warren over the first quarter of this year for his bid to seize her Senate spot — bankrolling $1.36 million compared to Warren’s $1.09 million.
A who’s who of crypto backers make up Deaton’s top donors, including Ripple executives Chris Larsen and Brad Garlinghouse, Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2023/winklevoss-twins">Winklevoss</a>, SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, Cardano and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson and Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell.
In total, Deaton’s contributors have given him nearly $360,700 for Q1 2024, plus the $1 million he&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/john-deaton-senator-elizabeth-warren-massachusetts">loaned to his campaign</a>, preliminary <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00870337/1770480/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">filings</a> to the United States Federal Election Commission (FEC) show.
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 Deaton’s top Senate campaign donors between January and March 2024. Source: FEC
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In comparison, Warren reported <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00500843/1770752/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">raising</a> just under $1.09 million — all from donors alone.
Deaton rose to prominence defending XRP (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/xrp-price-index">XRP</a>) holders’ interests in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-pay-significant-civil-penalty-sec">legal fight</a> against Ripple.
He announced <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/lawyer-unseat-elizabeth-warren-crypto-campaign">his bid for Warren’s Senate seat</a>&nbsp;representing Massachusetts in February, running as a Republican against the 11-year Democratic Party incumbent.
Warren has <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/elizabeth-warren-crypto-bill-election-us">long campaigned</a> against crypto and introduced bills she claims are to “<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/warren-wants-crypto-level-playing-field-ai-limits">level the playing field</a>” between crypto and traditional financial markets, which her detractors claim would drive innovation and investment out of the United States.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-united-states-close-election-coinflip-ceo">Crypto users could ‘make a difference in a close election’ in the US — CoinFlip CEO</a>
Among Deaton’s largest individual contributors were Ripple’s Larsen and Garlinghouse, Scaramucci and the Winklevoss twins.
Each made the maximum donation of $6,600 — the max of $3,300 each to the primary and general election bids.
Cardano’s Hoskinson, Kraken’s Powell and Casa wallet founder Jameson Lopp each threw in $3,300 to Deaton’s primary campaign challenge, as did Ripple legal chief Stuart Alderoty.
The U.S. Senate elections are set to be held on Nov. 5 with 34 of the 100 total seats up for contestation alongside all 435 seats in the House alongside the presidency — with it likely that former President Donald Trump <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/neither-joe-biden-nor-donald-trump-are-crypto-champions">will again face off</a> with President Joe Biden.
Magazine:&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/pro-xrp-lawyer-john-deaton-10x-more-into-btc-4x-more-into-eth-hall-of-flame/">Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton ‘10x more into BTC, 4x more into ETH: X&nbsp;Hall of Flame</a>

John Deaton’s crypto backers help outraise Warren in Senate race

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