Juliana Stratton, lieutenant governor of Illinois and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, speaks during a primary election night event in Chicago, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images A major crypto PAC suffered a blow after the Illinois Senate Democratic candidate it spent millions opposing won the Tuesday primary and will likely be sworn into office next year. Fairshake, backed by Coinbase, Ripple Labs and venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, spent more than $10 million on ads opposing Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton in her Democratic primary race for Senate. Stratton has an “F” rating from Stand With Crypto, and took to social media to denounce the “MAGA-backed crypto bros” who were funding ads opposing her. Stratton is all but guaranteed to become the next Illinois senator in November, as the state leans heavily Democratic. Another candidate opposed by Fairshake, La Shawn Ford, also won his primary to become the Democratic nominee for Illinois’ 7th Congressional District. The district heavily leans Democratic, putting Ford on the glide path to Congress. But Fairshake …