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Kalshi Fines Three Candidates for Betting on Their Own Races

4/24/2026

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Kalshi suspended three candidates and fined them after system flagged bets on their own elections.
Mark Moran, a Virginia Senate candidate, was fined $6,229.30 and said the settlement demand violated his First Amendment rights.
Matt Klein, a Democratic Minnesota state senator, and Ezekiel Enriquez, a Republican who earned 1.4% in Texas’s 21st District GOP primary, received fines of $539.85 and $784 and five-year suspensions after betting on their own races.

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Kalshi suspended three candidates and fined them after system flagged bets on their own elections.
Mark Moran, a Virginia Senate candidate, was fined $6,229.30 and said the settlement demand violated his First Amendment rights.
Matt Klein, a Democratic Minnesota state senator, and Ezekiel Enriquez, a Republican who earned 1.4% in Texas’s 21st District GOP primary, received fines of $539.85 and $784 and five-year suspensions after betting on their own races.