17 items on our midterms tracker: 6 confirmed fakes, 3 still only alleged

6 confirmed fake, 5 labelled AI by whoever posted them, 3 taken down, 3 only alleged. Small numbers, and our own list: not a measure of the whole election.

17 items on our midterms tracker: 6 confirmed fakes, 3still only allegedEvery suspected, confirmed or labelled AI election fake we have logged for the Nov 3 midterms, sorted by whatis actually known about it. A count of what we found, not of what is out there.Status knownNot provenConfirmed fakeResearchers, reporters or the target identified itConfirmed fake: 6. Texas US Senate; Congressional races (Democratic candidates); Georgia US Senate; Texas US Senate; Kentucky 6th District (US House); Wisconsin US House (Rep. Derrick Van Orden's seat)6Labelled AI by whoever posted itThe poster said it was AILabelled AI by whoever posted it: 5. Michigan US Senate; Pennsylvania Governor; New York Governor; Colorado Proposition NN (ballot measure); Florida 16th Congressional District (US House)5Taken downNo longer up after it was challengedTaken down: 3. Fort Bend County Judge; Mississippi US Senate; Texas Lieutenant Governor3Only alleged so farClaimed, not proven: treat as unsettledOnly alleged so far: 3. North Carolina 11th Congressional District (US House); Ohio US Senate; 10 competitive US House races (including Michigan's 4th and Pennsylvania's 8th Districts)3Source: Warning Shots midterms tracker (midterms-2026/), our own log. As of Nov 2, 2026.W: WARNING SHOTS · warningshots.ai
17 items on our midtermstracker: 6 confirmedfakes, 3 still onlyallegedEvery suspected, confirmed or labelled AI election fake we havelogged for the Nov 3 midterms, sorted by what is actually knownabout it. A count of what we found, not of what is out there.Status knownNot provenConfirmed fakeResearchers, reporters or the target identified itConfirmed fake: 6. Texas US Senate; Congressional races (Democratic candidates); Georgia US Senate; Texas US Senate; Kentucky 6th District (US House); Wisconsin US House (Rep. Derrick Van Orden's seat)6Labelled AI by whoever posted itThe poster said it was AILabelled AI by whoever posted it: 5. Michigan US Senate; Pennsylvania Governor; New York Governor; Colorado Proposition NN (ballot measure); Florida 16th Congressional District (US House)5Taken downNo longer up after it was challengedTaken down: 3. Fort Bend County Judge; Mississippi US Senate; Texas Lieutenant Governor3Only alleged so farClaimed, not proven: treat as unsettledOnly alleged so far: 3. North Carolina 11th Congressional District (US House); Ohio US Senate; 10 competitive US House races (including Michigan's 4th and Pennsylvania's 8th Districts)3Source: Warning Shots midterms tracker (midterms-2026/), our own log. As of Nov 2, 2026.W: WARNING SHOTS · warningshots.ai

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The data behind this chart (17 rows)
DateRaceStatusWho made it
2026-10-30Florida 16th Congressional District (US House)labelled AI by posterSydney Gruters for Congress (R), per the ad's 'Paid for by' disclaimer
2026-10-3010 competitive US House races (including Michigan's 4th and Pennsylvania's 8th Districts)alleged fakeUnknown. NPR could not find or reach the operator; the DCCC denied involvement; JoAnna Mendoza and the McCann campaign say they are not behi
2026-10-27Ohio US Senatealleged fakeLikely Russia's Storm-1516 network, per Clemson's Darren Linvill (the accounts had shared earlier Storm-1516 content)
2026-10-24Fort Bend County JudgeremovedShared by Wong's campaign page and the Fort Bend Republican Party; the campaign says, without naming anyone, that 'a Democrat' made it
2026-10-24North Carolina 11th Congressional District (US House)alleged fakeRepublican Jennifer Balkcom's campaign (approved the ad); paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee
2026-10-20Texas US Senateconfirmed fakeRussia-aligned influence operation Storm-1516, per Graphika ('high confidence') and Clemson's Darren Linvill; posted by the new X account @z
2026-10-19Texas US Senateconfirmed fakeKen Paxton's (R) Senate campaign
2026-10-19Michigan US Senatelabelled AI by posterFront Line Action (super PAC)
2026-10-19Pennsylvania Governorlabelled AI by posterStacy Garrity's (R) campaign
2026-10-19New York Governorlabelled AI by posterBruce Blakeman's (R) campaign
2026-10-19Kentucky 6th District (US House)confirmed fakeNo Going Back PAC, backed by MAGA Inc.
2026-10-16Congressional races (Democratic candidates)confirmed fakeRussian state-backed operation Matryoshka (also called Operation Overload), per social media researchers cited by Bloomberg
2026-10-13Colorado Proposition NN (ballot measure)labelled AI by posterIndependence Institute (libertarian-leaning think tank)
2026-10-11Mississippi US SenateremovedScott Colom's (D) Senate campaign, on Facebook and Instagram
2026-10-02Wisconsin US House (Rep. Derrick Van Orden's seat)confirmed fakeRep. Derrick Van Orden (R), via his X account
2026-09-19Texas Lieutenant GovernorremovedLt. Gov. Dan Patrick's (R) campaign; a spokesperson called them 'obvious parody produced to entertain'
2026-09-04Georgia US Senateconfirmed fakeSenate Leadership Fund (super PAC aligned with Senate Republicans)

Source: Warning Shots midterms tracker (midterms-2026/), our own log. As of Nov 2, 2026. Every mark is computed from the data at build time, never typed in.

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