14 Uncalled House Races Could Add More Crypto Allies to Congress

Fourteen US House races remain uncalled more than a week after the election, and every candidate left on the board is either strongly pro-crypto or has taken no public position, according to Stand With Crypto's ratings.

The math is simple for the industry. Uncalled races cannot produce new opponents. They can only add supporters or persuadable newcomers. Advocacy groups see that as an opening rather than a risk.

"The new members that have no stance present an opportunity," Blockchain Association Chief Policy Officer Lindsay Fraser told Cointelegraph.

By Marcus Bennett

Where the money went

Crypto political action committees backed three candidates in the still-undecided House races. Two are incumbents holding leads. One faces a December runoff.

• Alaska: Rep. Nick Begich leads his race. Defend American Jobs, the Republican-facing affiliate of Fairshake, spent $508,142 backing him in the August primary.
• North Carolina's 7th District: Rep. David Rouzer leads. The same PAC put $150,600 behind him.
• Louisiana's 6th District: State Sen. Blake Miguez, backed by $250,000 from the Fellowship PAC, faces Democrat Chauna Banks in a Dec. 12 runoff.

Banks, notably, is among the candidates Stand With Crypto lists as having no stated crypto position — meaning even the race the industry did not fund could still yield a persuadable vote.

What does the tally look like now?

The Associated Press called South Carolina's 2nd District for incumbent Rep. Joe Wilson on the morning of Nov. 11. Stand With Crypto rates Wilson as "strongly supportive of crypto."

His win moved the group's scoreboard to 246 crypto supporters against 107 opponents in the House, with the Senate standing at 50 supporters and 33 opponents.

The election already flipped partisan control. A so-called "blue wave" handed Democrats the House and the Senate, yet crypto backers won seats in both chambers regardless of party — a split that fits Fraser's read of the data. She said age matters more than party affiliation in how lawmakers vote on crypto, with members under 55 far more likely to support the industry, and the incoming class skews younger.

Educating a blank-slate Congress

Nearly one in four members of the incoming Congress will be new, Fraser said. Many have given little thought to blockchain technology at all.

"To us, that represents a blank slate in terms of education," she said.

The Blockchain Association is planning a January fly-in to reach newly elected lawmakers before they settle into voting patterns. The goal is measurable: move more members into the top tiers of Stand With Crypto's letter-grade system, which awards an A to strong supporters and a B to those somewhat supportive.

"Leaving the 120th Congress with more members in that A and B category would be a huge success," Fraser said.

What does this change for the industry's Washington posture? It shifts the work from campaign spending to legislative persuasion, with the fly-in serving as the first organized test of whether the new arrivals can be converted into reliable votes on market-structure and stablecoin legislation.

Looking toward 2028

Fraser framed the longer game around the next presidential cycle. She said she wants the industry to enter 2028 "with two candidates who [...] are thoughtful in regards to the industry," so the sector can avoid "living and dying by the outcome of that election."

The immediate calendar is tighter. The Louisiana runoff lands on Dec. 12, and the remaining House calls will land before the new Congress convenes in January — the same month the Blockchain Association's fly-in puts lobbyists face to face with the freshman class.