XRP attorney John Deaton may run against Elizabeth Warren in the 2024 election.
John Deaton, a private lawyer and vocal advocate for the crypto industry, is considering opposition to the key crypto skeptic of the legislature, Elizabeth Warren, for her seat in the United States Senate. The election will be held in November 2024.
In a report by the Boston Globe on February 14, Republican Party insider Dayton said that in the upcoming 2018 election, He said he is “watching closely” in the 2013 race for the Massachusetts state Senate, which Warren represented.
Jim Conroy, a former adviser to the 72nd governor of Massachusetts, Charles Baker, said he has been consulting with Dayton and will decide on a Senate race “in the coming days.”
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Dayton is a prominent figure in the US crypto community, and has years of experience defending the interests of those suffering from mesothelioma and asbestos-related diseases. In the year In 2021, the lawyer filed an amicus brief on behalf of more than 6,000 XRP (XRP) holders in a lawsuit between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs.
Since then, Deaton has been a vocal critic of the SEC, its chairman Gary Gensler and Warren, whose strong position on crypto made her the target of industry lawyers. In X's latest public attack on Warren on social media, Dayton accused her of “gas lighting the American people.”
Warren in 2010 In 2012, he was elected to the Senate, defeating incumbent Senator Scott Brown with 53.7% of the vote. In the year In 2018, Warren defeated former state representative Jeff Diehl with 60% of the vote. However, in the year A 2023 poll found that only 41 percent of Massachusetts residents viewed her candidacy favorably.
According to the Boston Globe, with Dayton's candidacy, the Republican Party could be aiming not only to win outright against Warren in Massachusetts, but also to involve her in the race and keep her from raising money for other candidates and causes.
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