Stand With Crypto rates 241 election winners pro-crypto in unofficial tally
In brief
- Stand With Crypto rated 222 House and 19 Senate winners pro-crypto on its own scorecard.
- Stand With Crypto listed 106 House and eight Senate winners it rated anti-crypto.
- Decision Desk HQ calls underpin the results, which stay unofficial until certified.
- AP reported Democrats won the House and unified control of Congress, per CryptoSlate.
- CryptoSlate said the ratings don't establish a coalition to pass the CLARITY Act.
What the scorecard shows
The group's results page also listed 106 House winners and eight Senate winners it rated anti-crypto. These are SWC's own ratings (they aren't neutral classifications), and both totals came in smaller than the number of called races shown for each chamber. The Senate figures only cover seats on this year's ballot, not every sitting senator.
The political backdrop shifted overnight. The Associated Press reported at 6:26 a.m. GMT that Democrats had won the House and unified control of Congress, according to CryptoSlate.
Named winners and the CLARITY record
SWC singled out several CLARITY backers. It congratulated Mark Messmer on winning Indiana's 8th District and said Riley Moore won West Virginia's 2nd, describing both as co-sponsors of the bill. The House clerk's roll call, as cited by CryptoSlate, recorded both men voting yes when the House passed CLARITY 294-134 on July 17, 2025, with 216 Republicans and 78 Democrats in favor.
SWC also congratulated Eugene Vindman in Virginia's 7th District, saying he'd backed both CLARITY and the GENIUS Act. Vindman appears as a yes vote on that July 2025 roll call too. For Pennsylvania's 10th District, the group said Janelle Stelson had won and had expressed support for both bills.
Ratings aren't votes, though.
CryptoSlate reported before the election that CLARITY failed a Senate procedural vote in September amid disagreements over banking risks, stablecoin rewards and customer protections. The outlet said the winners' stated positions don't settle the banking and customer-protection fights, and that SWC's unofficial ratings don't establish a coalition for passage.
A split verdict on tech
Yap Global CEO Otto Jacobsson read the night differently. He argued that voters had favored crypto while turning against AI infrastructure, and he put it bluntly in a Nov. 4 social post:
"America still loves crypto, but hates the physical manifestation of AI."
It's a neat line. Whether the new Congress treats crypto that way when CLARITY returns to the Senate is a separate question, and the scorecard alone can't answer it.
Frequently asked questions
Do Stand With Crypto's ratings mean the CLARITY Act has the votes to pass?
No. CryptoSlate said SWC's unofficial election ratings don't establish a coalition for passage. It also said the winners' stated positions don't settle the disagreements over banking and customer protections that stalled the bill.
Are the Stand With Crypto election counts official?
No. SWC credited Decision Desk HQ for the results and said they stay unofficial until certified. Its tally was last updated at 9 a.m. ET, when 384 of 435 House races and 33 of 35 Senate races had been called.
What happened to the CLARITY Act in the Senate?
CryptoSlate reported before the election that CLARITY failed a Senate procedural vote in September amid disagreements over banking risks, stablecoin rewards and customer protections. The House had passed it 294-134 on July 17, 2025, according to the House clerk.
