- Alexandra Hunt is a 29-year-old running for Congress in Philadelphia.
- Hunt last month joined OnlyFans as part of her campaign for office.
- “I can win and have an OnlyFans,” said Hunt, who is using the platform to fundraise.
On April 13, congressional candidate Alexandra Hunt became an OnlyFans creator.
The platform, which enables users to subscribe to creators for a monthly subscription fee ranging from $5 to $50, allows influencers, celebrities, and sex workers to make content and connect with their fans. But while almost anyone can set up an OnlyFans, the company’s brand is more synonymous with explicit content than with political campaigns.
Hunt’s decision to join OnlyFans is the latest move made by candidates attempting to score a viral moment online, counting on such moments to raise funds and hopefully drive voters to the polls on Election Day.
But whether Hunt’s OnlyFans — or any of her social media work — will pay off is another question.
Hunt, 29, is hoping to unseat Pennsylvania Rep. Dwight Evans, a Democrat and longtime politician in Congress since 2016 and in state politics since the 80s. She identifies as a progressive, an alternative to Evans’ more mainstream Democratic platform. She’s recently called for President Joe Biden to cancel federal student loan debt, emphasized her support for labor unions, and called for less corporate involvement in politics.
She said she joined the platform after she received a comment online from someone who told her they looked forward to her joining OnlyFans after her “election loss.”
“I get attacked day in and day out, and I think I’ve grown a little bit numb to it,” Hunt told Insider. “But I really don’t like to see other people attacked, especially other sex workers, because I know how hard it is for them.
“When someone said to me something like ‘I can’t wait for you to lose your race so that you make an OnlyFans,’ I was like, no way that this is gonna be a loser thing,” she added. “I can win and have an OnlyFans. I can be a candidate and have an OnlyFans. And so I made one.”
Hunt’s openness about her life has drawn attention and tabloid scrutiny
Hunt has also used all of her social media platforms to share more personal aspects of her life with followers and potential voters, including details of being a survivor of both sexual assault and domestic violence. She also has been open about her decision to have an abortion.
Her candidacy has made headlines in the New York Post and other tabloid media, which have often focused on her former work as a part-time stripper while in college. Right-wing outlets have also written about her candidacy. A Fox News article about her candidacy ran with the headline “Former stripper running for Congress says ‘climate emergency’ partially prompted decision to get an abortion.”
“What I have learned in becoming a survivor is that bad things happen in the shadows,” Hunt said of her decision to speak openly about her past. “And when people are reduced to living in the shadows, more…
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