Kochs to spend unprecedented sum on midterms
The Koch brothers plan to spend $125 million, and perhaps much more, to help elect conservative candidates this fall – offering a major boost to Republicans as they look to take total control of Congress.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the Koch-backed non-profit, won’t just spend that money on ads, according to a strategy memo obtained by Politico. Learning from the experience of 2012 – when conservatives spent lavishly on TV but had little to show for it – AFP will also stand up an aggressive field and turnout operation, using the kind of data analytics that was central to the success of President Obama’s re-election campaign.
Already, AFP has spent over $35 million on TV ads attacking Democrats in key Senate races. But over the last month or so, Democrats and their allies have substantially closed the spending gap, pouring money into those same crucial Senate races after party leaders expressed fear that Democratic candidates were being overwhelmed. The Senate Majority PAC, which has funded ads on behalf of Democrats in North Carolina, Arkansas and Louisiana, among other races, has spent over $11 million, according to figures from the Center for Responsive Politics, more than the top five conservative Super PACs combined.
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