Key Senate races tighten with a flood of GOP ad spending
2 years, 2 months ago

Key Senate races tighten with a flood of GOP ad spending

NPR  

Key Senate races tighten with a flood of GOP ad spending Enlarge this image toggle caption Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images With exactly four weeks left for ballots to be cast in the 2022 midterm elections, the landscape for control of the Senate is shifting again. Nevada Democrats continue to say incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto is running a good campaign, but she's started to slip behind Trump-backed challenger Adam Laxalt, who denies the result of the 2020 presidential election. Kelly, meanwhile, in this border state where Republicans outnumber Democrats, distanced himself from Biden in the recent debate, saying he criticized the president when he "decided he was going to do something dumb" on immigration. Sponsor Message That's going to be a tough sell in this state, where about 40% of people identify as independents — and even Republicans acknowledge abortion is effective as an issue.

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Why Republicans are expected to take control of the Senate
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Why Republicans are expected to take control of the Senate

LA Times  

U.S. Capitol Police are deployed at the legislative building in Washington on Nov. 4, 2024. Republicans are expected to retake control of the U.S. Senate, creating obstacles for Vice President Kamala Harris if she is elected president and a potential glide path for former President Trump’s agenda if he wins the White House. For example, Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin …

Struggling Ted Cruz accuses Democrats of breaking rules to help opponent
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Struggling Ted Cruz accuses Democrats of breaking rules to help opponent

Raw Story  

"In complaint, Ted Cruz says Democrats broke campaign finance laws to help Colin Allred" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz accused national Democrats on Thursday of illegally exceeding contribution limits to his …

Democrats Burn Through Cash in Final Election Sprint, But Race for Congress Remains Tight
2 months ago

Democrats Burn Through Cash in Final Election Sprint, But Race for Congress Remains Tight

CNN  

Democrats are burning through cash in the final sprint to Election Day, with both parties spending heavily in key Senate races. Democrats have a razor-thin majority, while Republicans are trying to maintain their own narrow edge in the House. The battle for Congress will be crucial to determining whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will have a supportive first branch …

"Egregious lies": Dark money groups flood most expensive Senate race with "disinformation"
2 months ago

"Egregious lies": Dark money groups flood most expensive Senate race with "disinformation"

Salon  

Ohio's dead-heat Senate race has become the nation's most expensive, with nearly $500 million spent on ads in this race alone — and more spending expected ahead of Election Day. "Particularly when you move away from the candidate campaign ads into the PAC ads and the 5014 ads — the so-called dark money — you get more and more negative …

'Shocking': Poor Republican fundraising could reportedly 'heavily influence' election
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Shocking': Poor Republican fundraising could reportedly 'heavily influence' election

Raw Story  

Republicans are facing an uneven spending map as a result poor fundraising results, and it could have a big impact on the election, according to a new report. "Senate Republican spending is heavily concentrated in just a handful of races — a distribution that doesn’t match the reality of the battleground map," the article states. The report continues: "In fact, …

Democrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority
3 months, 1 week ago

Democrats put up $25 million to reach voters in 10 states in fierce fight for Senate majority

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Trying to defend their narrow Senate majority with a challenging slate of contests on Republican-leaning turf, Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states. The new spending from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, first shared with The Associated Press, comes less than two months until the Nov. 5 election and as Democrats are benefiting …

Harris campaign’s new $90 million in battleground ads in August aims to sharpen contrast with Trump
4 months, 1 week ago

Harris campaign’s new $90 million in battleground ads in August aims to sharpen contrast with Trump

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching a $90 million advertising effort over the next three weeks to introduce the Democrat to voters and sharpen the contrast with Republican Donald Trump. Harris’ team said the ad campaign will focus on the vice president’s personal narrative, her career as a …

With GOP maps out, Democrats hope for more legislative power in battleground Wisconsin
6 months, 2 weeks ago

With GOP maps out, Democrats hope for more legislative power in battleground Wisconsin

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — For the first time in more than a decade, Democrats in key battleground state Wisconsin have a chance at wresting some legislative control from Republicans thanks to Gov. But redrawn districts coupled with retirements have left almost two-thirds of the Assembly’s seats open this election cycle, giving Democrats their best shot at taking control of that chamber …

Democrats commit $7 million to TV ads in 5 key state Senate races
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrats commit $7 million to TV ads in 5 key state Senate races

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Democrats plan to spend $7 million on television ads in five state Senate races they believe are key to regaining control of the chamber, the biggest ad buy of its kind Democrats in the state have ever made in legislative races. For example, this one ad buy is nearly half of the money Democrats spent in …

Money isn’t enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Money isn’t enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Frustrated by the seemingly endless cash flowing to Democrats, Republicans aiming to retake the Senate have rallied around candidates with plenty of their own money. “They are trying to distract from literally every other issue that they don’t want to talk about.” Dave McCormick, the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, has faced similar questions. Moreno’s lawyer said a …

Trump Sat On $94 Million As His Chosen Candidates Lost The Senate For Republicans
2 years, 1 month ago

Trump Sat On $94 Million As His Chosen Candidates Lost The Senate For Republicans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump hoarded $94 million this election in his various political committees as his anointed candidates lost the Senate for Republicans in tight races where that money might have made the difference between winning and losing. In the end, Trump’s much-publicized burst of spending late in the campaign totaled just $15 million through his new …

It All Comes Down To This — 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate
3 years, 11 months ago

It All Comes Down To This — 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate

NPR  

It All Comes Down To This — 2 Georgia Races That Will Determine Control Of The Senate Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Gray/AP Ben Gray/AP Updated at 11:40 a.m. ET Tuesday The political world has trained its focus on Georgia's two U.S. Senate races, which will settle the kind of Senate that President-elect Joe Biden will be dealing with. …

Parties Unleash Millions at Last Minute to Contest Senate Seats. It's Bad News for GOP Strongholds
4 years, 2 months ago

Parties Unleash Millions at Last Minute to Contest Senate Seats. It's Bad News for GOP Strongholds

News 18  

Republicans and Democrats are unleashing millions in eleventh-hour spending to contest Senate seats in states that read like a list of reliable GOP strongholds: Alaska. The Senate Majority PAC, a political committee aligned with the chamber’s Democratic leaders, has canceled its remaining $1.2 million in spending against GOP Sen. Cory Gardner in Colorado, sensing victory. Since mid-October, major GOP campaign …

Democratic donors fuel record-breaking fundraising in Senate races
4 years, 2 months ago

Democratic donors fuel record-breaking fundraising in Senate races

LA Times  

From left, Democratic Senate candidates Jaime Harrison of South Carolina, Amy McGrath of Kentucky, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Theresa Greenfield of Iowa. “We’re reaching a point where there is nothing left to buy in some of these states,” said Mike Madrid, a leader of the Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans working to defeat Trump and several of his …

US Senate high stakes spur astronomical spending in Montana
4 years, 2 months ago

US Senate high stakes spur astronomical spending in Montana

Associated Press  

— Political groups fighting for control of the U.S. Senate have poured more than $118 million into the contest between Montana’s Democratic Gov. And the Montana political ad spending is almost 10 times as much per voter being spent on ads in Colorado’s Senate contest between former Democratic Gov. Democrats had the Montana Senate seat for more than a century …

Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive
4 years, 2 months ago

Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Buoyed by massive fundraising success, Democratic Senate candidates are mounting a push in Republican states that few would have thought possible just a few months ago, placing continued GOP control of the chamber at risk. “For Jaime Harrison and Amy McGrath, money can buy you a lot of TV advertising,” said Josh Holmes, a Republican strategist and McConnell …

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