Reuters reported on the use of deepfakes in the US congressional election campaign

Some American campaign headquarters have begun using video clips generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to promote their candidates. This was reported on March 28 by the Reuters news agency.

"The realistic video is one of the first fake commercials that some campaigns are already using ahead of the midterm elections in November, using artificial intelligence tools that are being improved at breakneck speed," the material says.

According to the agency, American federal law does not restrict the use of AI in political messages. Political experts fear that such videos may mislead or even deceive voters.

According to Reuters, the Democrats have a good chance of gaining a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, but they have less chance in the Senate. The 2026 midterm elections will determine which party will control Congress during the last two years of Donald Trump's presidency.

According to political strategists and experts, AI advertising seems to be effective. One 2025 study found that it was "difficult for people to recognize deepfake videos" and that their opinions were influenced by "this kind of misinformation."

Political analysts say that at the moment, Republicans are using AI technology more often than Democrats during this election campaign.

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, known for his anti-Russian position, also intends to participate in the midterm elections (he is included in the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists). At the same time, according to a Pulse Opinion Research poll, he is significantly inferior to his fellow party member, businessman Mark Lynch in South Carolina and may lose his seat following the results of the vote in the fall. The study showed that when providing detailed information about the candidates, Lynch's rating reaches 34%, while Graham's support drops to 23%.

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