OR-01: NRCC Spending Money In Special Election
The National Republican Congressional Committee will begin airing a 30-second television advertisement in coordination with Republican Rob Cornilles's campaign on Wednesday, marking the first time a GOP-aligned outside group has purchased air time in the Oregon special election.
The ad goes after Democratic candidate Suzanne Bonamici for attacking Cornilles and slams her as a Medicare-cutting, tax-raising politician "with no record of job creation" before touching on Cornilles's experience as a businessman.
The coordinated ad comes on the heels of a Cornilles campaign poll, released over the weekend, that showed the Republican trailing Bonamici by only four points, 46-42 percent. The most recent public polling in the district had Bonamici ahead by double digits.
Coordinated expenditures between campaigns and independent committees are limited, so the buy does not represent a huge commitment by the NRCC, especially in comparison to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has spent over $1 million in the special election.
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