Prediction market platform Kalshi suspends 3 congressional candidates who bet on their own races

Nypost · Apr 22, 2026 · 574 words · By Victor Nava

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Prediction market platform Kalshi suspends 3 congressional candidates who bet on their own races Three candidates for the US House and Senate were suspended and fined by Kalshi for engaging in “political insider trading,” the prediction market platform…

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Kalshi, which allows users to bet on the outcome of future events, identified Democratic Minnesota state Sen.

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Matt Klein, who is running for the state’s 2nd District seat in Congress; long-shot former Texas Republican congressional candidate Ezekiel Enriquez; and Mark Moran, who is running for US Senate in Virginia as an independent, as having placed wagers to win…

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Claim 1: “Kalshi, which allows users to bet on the outcome of future events, identified Democratic Minnesota state Sen. Matt Klein, who is running for the state’s 2nd District seat in Congress; long-shot former Texas Republican congressional candidate Ezekiel Enriquez; and Mark Moran, who is running for US Senate in Virginia as an independent, as having placed wagers to win their respective races.”

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Multiple web search results identify Matt Klein (MN State Sen., running for 2nd District Congress), Ezekiel Enriquez (TX candidate), and Mark Moran (VA candidate) as the individuals who placed wagers on their own races. The sources confirm the roles and the general nature of the incident.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew David Klein (born September 29, 1967) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 53 in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Klein

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republican Party's efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election were attempts to stunt voter access, election oversight, and post-election certification. They include strategies…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_efforts_to_di…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi identified the candidates as Democratic Minnesota state Senator Matt Klein, who was seeking the nomination to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat representing his state's 2nd distric…
https://www.aol.com/articles/kalshi-suspends-three-us-congre…

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Claim 2: “Enriquez, who received 1.4% of the vote in the GOP primary for Texas’ 21st Congressional District, placed a wager of less than $100 on his own candidacy and was subsequently fined $784 by Kalshi and suspended from the platform for five years after cooperating with the company’s investigation.”

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Web search results confirm that Ezekiel Enriquez placed a wager on his own candidacy, was fined $784.20, and suspended for five years. The claim specifies the 1.4% vote share and the 'less than $100' wager, which is corroborated by the BNO News result.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the 435 representatives of the United States House of Representatives, as well as 6 non-voting delegat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Re…

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web search NEUTRAL — Texas's 21st congressional district of the United States House of Representatives serves the area north of San Antonio and a significant portion of Austin in the state of Texas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas's_21st_congressional_dis…

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web search NEUTRAL — The 1994 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 8, 1994, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 104th United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of Pres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Re…

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Claim 3: “Klein agreed to pay Kalshi a fine of $539.85 and he’ll be suspended from the platform for five years.”

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Multiple web search results consistently report that Matt Klein agreed to pay a fine of $539.85 and accept a five-year suspension from the platform.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a web-based prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City and launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi

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Claim 4: “Klein, who had previously co-sponsored a bill to ban prediction markets in Minnesota, admitted he placed a $50 bet on himself winning the congressional primary.”

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Two independent web search results confirm that Matt Klein admitted to betting $50 on himself winning the congressional primary and that he had previously co-sponsored a bill to ban prediction markets in Minnesota.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 8 U.S. representatives from the state of Minnesota, one from each of the state's c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_House_of_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matt Rasmussen is an American poet, and a founder of poetry publishing house Birds LLC. He was born in International Falls, Minnesota. He obtained degrees from Emerson College and Gustavus Adolphus C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Rasmussen

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Claim 5: “Three candidates for the US House and Senate were suspended and fined by Kalshi for engaging in “political insider trading,” the prediction market platform announced Wednesday.”

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Multiple web search results from different news outlets (Reuters, The Guardian, BNO News) report that Kalshi suspended three U.S. congressional candidates for 'political insider trading' on Wednesday.

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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Prediction markets platform Kalshi said on Wednesday it has suspended three U.S. congressional candidates for "political insider trading," building on its efforts to b…
https://www.aol.com/articles/kalshi-suspends-three-us-congre…

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web search NEUTRAL — The prediction market platform Kalshi fined three political candidates and suspended them from its site after the company said they had bet on their own races.Kalshi said the three candidates had all …
https://www.notus.org/campaigns/kalshi-suspends-three-politi…

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web search NEUTRAL — The prediction market Kalshi suspended three political candidates from its platform on Wednesday for “political insider trading” after an internal probe found that they bet on their own campaigns.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/politics/kalshi-prediction-si…

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Claim 6: “Moran also admitted to having bet on himself – after reading about prediction markets in The Post – but claimed he “wanted to get caught.””

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Multiple web search results confirm that Mark Moran admitted to betting on himself, citing that he 'wanted to get caught.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dylan William Moran ( MOR-ən; born 1971 or 1972) is an Irish comedian, writer, actor and artist. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series Black Books (which he co-wrote and sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Moran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Judith Maryanne Moran (née Brooks; born 18 December 1944) is the matriarch of the Moran criminal family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, involved in the Melbourne gangland killings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Moran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Terence Patrick Moran (born December 9, 1959) is an American independent journalist who was most recently the Senior National Correspondent at ABC News. Based in Washington, D.C., Moran covered nation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Moran

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