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Two Democratic congressional primaries in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. are racing toward record territory as among the costliest in U.S.
history — and the candidates running in them are starting to question whether the torrent of outside cash is doing more harm than good.
In Maryland's 5th district alone, outside groups had poured a collective $12.5 million into the race as of this week, according to Federal Election Commission filings, surpassing the $10.5 million spent by all the actual candidates combined as of June 3.
A Pro-Crypto Super PAC and AIPAC Are Driving the Imbalance The dominant outside forces in Maryland's 5th district are Protect Progress, a pro-crypto super PAC, and the United Democracy Project, the independent expenditure arm of AIPAC.
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