Topics include AIPAC Democratic primary role, crypto and tech spending, Voting Rights Act donors
The Guardian was scheduled to host a live reader Q&A on Friday, September 24, with three of its reporters expected to answer questions about who is funding 2026 midterm campaigns and how that money is shaping the election outlook ahead of the November 3 vote, according to the Guardian’s introduction.
The session, scheduled for 11 a.m. Eastern time, was to feature political breaking news reporter Joseph Gedeon, tech reporter Dara Kerr, and senior politics reporter Chris Stein, according to the Guardian’s introduction. The Q&A was the second in a series the Guardian’s US politics team is hosting in the weeks before the midterms, following an earlier conversation on Democrats’ midterm hopes.
The Guardian’s introduction listed several reporting threads the participating reporters have covered in recent months. One thread examined how major companies that urged Congress to strengthen the Voting Rights Act continue to contribute to state political groups that the Guardian described as actively working to undermine the legislation. Another focused on what the Guardian characterized as the vast extent of spending by cryptocurrency money and large technology companies seeking to shape this year’s races. A third addressed AIPAC and its linked Super PACs and their role in funding Democratic candidates facing opponents from the progressive left.
The Guardian invited readers to submit questions by signing in or registering on its site.