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Meta Launches $65 Million State-Level Election Effort to Back Pro‑AI Candidates

Federal filings show Meta is channeling money through newly formed partisan super PACs to start spending in Texas and Illinois to counter state AI rules.

Overview

  • Two new groups — Forge the Future Project for Republicans and Making Our Tomorrow for Democrats — join the META PAC in California and the American Technology Excellence Project.
  • The effort begins this week with initial spending in Texas and Illinois as primaries approach and early voting gets underway.
  • Company representatives say the push is driven by concern that fragmented state laws could impede AI development and related datacenter growth.
  • In Texas, GOP strategist Brian Baker says the Republican-focused PAC will elevate pro‑tech legislators, while in Illinois the Democratic group is targeting at least four State House races.
  • Filings link the PACs to Meta despite the company not publicly touting them, with previous reports citing about $20 million into the California PAC and $45 million into the national PAC.