Overview
- The primary pits Alex Bores, Micah Lasher and Jack Schlossberg in a three-way race for the safely Democratic 12th District, and voting is underway with results still pending.
- AI-aligned super PACs and donors have poured more than $20 million into the contest, making it one of the first House primaries to attract large, opposing tech industry coalitions.
- Leading the Future has spent about $8 million opposing Bores while Public First Action has spent roughly $11 million supporting him, according to FEC data and reporting.
- Bores centered his campaign on AI safety after co-sponsoring the RAISE Act, while Lasher and Schlossberg carry establishment endorsements from figures such as Jerry Nadler, Kathy Hochul and Nancy Pelosi.
- Because the district heavily favors Democrats, the primary winner is likely to win the general election, so the outcome could signal whether voters reward aggressive AI regulation or candidate ties to industry; an uncorroborated opinion piece claims Michael Bloomberg is spending $10 million for Lasher.