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Scoop: McConnell Senate Leadership Fund funding ads in 6 states to retain majority
Scoop: McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund booking $67 million in fall ads starting Labor Day and running through Election Day.
Six states in initial buys:
AZ CO IA KY ME NC
Six states in initial buys:
AZ CO IA KY ME NC
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McConnell-aligned super PAC books $67M for fall Senate ads
Senate Leadership Fund's initial ads, beginning immediately after Labor Day, represent more than double the investment the group made at the outset of the 2018 midterms.
Republicans' top super PAC focused on Senate races is booking more than $67 million for TV ads this fall, a massive early investment in a core group of battleground states.
The Senate Leadership Fund, which is run by allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is reserving $67.1 million in TV ads across six Senate states — including McConnell's home state of Kentucky — starting the day after Labor Day and running through Election Day, according to details shared exclusively with POLITICO. The sum is more than double the amount the super PAC booked in its initial TV ad investment for the 2018 midterms and at least $25 million more than they initially booked in 2016.
The ads were booked to run in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine and North Carolina, all states with Republican incumbents that are considered critical to the Senate majority. The initial investments did not include Alabama and Michigan, the two Democrat-held seats where Republicans are on offense. Additional investments in other Senate races are likely to come as the campaigns unfold.
“Protecting our Republican Senate majority has become synonymous with ensuring a firewall against the Democrats’ far-left ambitions," Steven Law, the president of SLF, said in a statement. "This initial investment won’t be our last, but it is more than double what we initially reserved in 2018, and it demonstrates we intend to hold the line.”
Senate Leadership Fund's initial ads, beginning immediately after Labor Day, represent more than double the investment the group made at the outset of the 2018 midterms.
Republicans' top super PAC focused on Senate races is booking more than $67 million for TV ads this fall, a massive early investment in a core group of battleground states.
The Senate Leadership Fund, which is run by allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, is reserving $67.1 million in TV ads across six Senate states — including McConnell's home state of Kentucky — starting the day after Labor Day and running through Election Day, according to details shared exclusively with POLITICO. The sum is more than double the amount the super PAC booked in its initial TV ad investment for the 2018 midterms and at least $25 million more than they initially booked in 2016.
The ads were booked to run in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine and North Carolina, all states with Republican incumbents that are considered critical to the Senate majority. The initial investments did not include Alabama and Michigan, the two Democrat-held seats where Republicans are on offense. Additional investments in other Senate races are likely to come as the campaigns unfold.
“Protecting our Republican Senate majority has become synonymous with ensuring a firewall against the Democrats’ far-left ambitions," Steven Law, the president of SLF, said in a statement. "This initial investment won’t be our last, but it is more than double what we initially reserved in 2018, and it demonstrates we intend to hold the line.”
More: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/23/mcconnell-aligned-super-pac-ads-144387
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And he knows which Senators are vulnerable, just as Moscow Mitch does.
Mitchy must be getting nervous. 
