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The National Spoiler Project

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Wednesday 14th October, 2026

Stark Freedom PAC is using AI-made online ads to raise the profile of third-party Senate candidates in eight states. The hook is unusually blunt: Aaron Day says the campaign is designed to draw just enough votes from Republicans to cost them the Senate, with a model he says could later be used against Democrats too.

Why it worked: It offered a clear, time-bound power play: a tiny AI ad spend to mathematically flip Senate control, with on-record intent and receipts.

The lesson: Consider pitching a low-cost, measurable “margin hack” that credibly swings an outsized outcome, and state the provocative goal explicitly on-record.

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Publication	Headline	Date
semafor.com	Why one spoiler candidate is now trying to replicate his work nationwide \| Semafor	Wednesday 14th October, 2026

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