Stand With Crypto expands 2026 midterm program with 32 additional pro-crypto candidate endorsements, launches refreshed Voter Hub so that every voter can see where candidates stand on crypto issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Stand With Crypto, America’s leading crypto advocacy organization, announced a new slate of 32 endorsed candidates in U.S. House of Representatives races. Endorsements include proven digital asset policy champions in Congress and pro-crypto candidates in competitive races where Stand With Crypto advocate numbers are most likely to influence outcomes.
Endorsed candidates are highlighted on Stand With Crypto’s newly refreshed Voter Hub, a comprehensive educational resource that allows every voter to understand where their candidates stand on digital asset policy, and gives them the tools they need to make a plan to vote. Candidates are graded based on their public statements, legislative history, and responses to the Stand With Crypto Candidate Questionnaire. The Voter Hub ensures that any voter, anywhere, has the information they need to make an informed decision at the ballot box and help elect the most pro-crypto Congress in history come November.
Stand With Crypto’s 32 newly-endorsed candidates include:
- U.S. Representative Nicholas Begich III (R-AK-AL)
- U.S. Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-06)
- U.S. Representative Jim Costa (D-CA-21)
- U.S. Representative Jeff Crank (R-CO-05)
- U.S. Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH-08)
- U.S. Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN-06)
- U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01)
- U.S. Representative Laura Gillen (D-NY-04)
- U.S. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-03)
- U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05)
- U.S. Representative Adam Gray (D-CA-13)
- U.S. Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV-04)
- U.S. Representative Bill Huizenga (R-MI-04)
- U.S. Representative Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02)
- U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)
- U.S. Representative Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-07)
- U.S. Representative Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-08)
- U.S. Representative Mark Messmer (R-IN-08)
- U.S. Representative Dan Meuser (R-PA-09)
- U.S. Representative Riley Moore (R-WV-02)
- U.S. Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-25)
- U.S. Representative Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09)
- U.S. Representative Josh Riley (D-NY-19)
- U.S. Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27)
- U.S. Representative Darren Soto (D-FL-09)
- U.S. Representative Bryan Steil (R-WI-01)
- U.S. Representative Tom Suozzi (D-NY-03)
- U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15)
- U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15)
- U.S. Representative Derek Tran (D-CA-45)
- U.S. Representative Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07)
- U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA-01)
“Crypto Voters have become a durable, motivated voting bloc, which has the potential to swing key congressional races in the midterms. Stand With Crypto is making sure that our more than three million advocates — and all Crypto Voters across the country — know who has been working for them to create a free, fair, and dynamic financial system, and that they are prepared to vote accordingly,” said Mason Lynaugh, executive director of Stand With Crypto. “The midterms come at a key inflection point for crypto policy in Washington, D.C. As candidates from both parties are trying to reach voters outside of more traditional constituencies, they overlook Crypto Voters at their own peril.”
The most recent endorsement slate adds to Stand With Crypto’s initial six endorsements from March:
- U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan (R-PA-08)
- U.S. Representative Don Davis (D-NC-01)
- U.S. Representative Greg Landsman (D-OH-01)
- U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (R-NY-17)
- U.S. Representative Susie Lee (D-NV-03)
- U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (R-IA-03)
Stand With Crypto will announce its Senate endorsement slate and endorsements of non-incumbent House candidates closer to Election Day.
Since 2024, candidates from both parties have prioritized reaching new constituencies of low-propensity voters. Voter file analysis shows that just under half of Stand With Crypto advocates nationally, and in endorsed races, would traditionally have been considered unlikely to vote in the upcoming midterms. However, Stand With Crypto’s own research tells a different story: Crypto Voters are highly motivated to vote this year and candidates’ stances on crypto will be a significant factor in who they ultimately support.
Stand With Crypto’s survey of crypto owners and advocates in battleground states revealed that 80% of Stand With Crypto advocates, and 79% of crypto owners, are “almost certain” to vote. Nearly 70% of advocates say they would be more likely to support a candidate who supports making clearer regulations for cryptocurrency, with a third (33%) who say they would be much more likely to support such a candidate. These voters are a major swing voting bloc. A majority (59%) of crypto owners and 77% of Stand With Crypto advocates are heterogeneous voters who don’t always vote for one party.
In endorsed races, Stand With Crypto is investing in an organic and paid mobilization program ahead of Election Day to capture this energy. Stand With Crypto will be communicating directly with advocates, equipping them with the information they need from an organization they trust so that they can help influence the next era of crypto digital asset policy in Washington, D.C.
Stand With Crypto has built a community-led movement to mobilize and harness the voice of America’s 67 million crypto owners into a powerful and unified voting bloc, championing clear, common-sense regulations for the crypto industry and unlocking crypto’s innovation potential while fostering greater economic opportunity and freedom.
