Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is warning voters in the open 5th Congressional District race about millions in special interest money backing state Del. Adrian Boafo.

The race is one of Maryland’s most competitive after U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer announced earlier this year that he was stepping down following four decades in Congress.

Million in super PAC money from groups tied to the cryptocurrency industry and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Van Hollen said, should concern voters in the district that covers parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties and all of Southern Maryland.

So far, they have spent $4.5 million in support of Boafo, he said during a streamed news conference.

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“Voters need to understand that these groups are not investing in this race out of charity,” Van Hollen said. “They are spending because they believe the beneficiary of their spending, in this case, one candidate, Adrian Boafo, will be a dependable vote in support of their special interests.

“That is my warning. And my warning is ‘voters beware.’”

Voters should ask Boafo to release any questionnaires or communications he’s had with those groups, Maryland’s senior senator said.

Boafo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The race features former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, state Sen. Arthur Ellis, retired U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, and Prince George’s County Council member Wala Blegay, among two dozen candidates.

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They are all vying for the seat vacated by Hoyer, who endorsed Boafo, his former campaign manager, in January.

Van Hollen did not endorse any candidate.

“I’m not sure I’m going to endorse at all in this race,” he said.

An outspoken critic of the Trump administration, Van Hollen is also a minority member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. There he tried and failed to prevent the Trump administration from killing a plan to relocate the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters to Greenbelt.

He was also a leading voice in the long-running effort to prevent the deportation of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Van Hollen was elected to his seat in November 2016. Prior to that, he was elected in 2002 to represent Maryland’s 8th Congressional District.