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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell A prominent Republican super PAC is canceling nearly $10 million in advertising spending in Arizona and Alaska.
The Senate Leadership Fund is cutting about $8 million in advertising from the Arizona Senate race that it hopes Republican candidate Blake Masters will dethrone incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Kelly. It was supposed to start later, but it will start in early October.
Republicans only need one more Senate seat to overthrow the Senate. In addition to Arizona, the November election will see several other important Senate elections, including Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
But Republicans trail Democrats in several key battleground states, including Arizona’s Masters, in polls.
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Super PAC’s move to stop advertising is partly due to its $28 million investment in Ohio. Republican candidate J.D. Vance and Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio) are facing off in the state’s Senate race.
“While we are keeping our doors wide open in Arizona, we want to move additional resources in Ohio not just for unexpected spending, but for other offensive opportunities where competition is fierce,” said the Senate Leadership Fund. President Stephen Lowe told Politico. We plan to make significant investments strategically.”
Still, the group has no plans to pull out of Arizona entirely. Super PAC initially invested approximately $14.4 million in the Arizona Senate election.
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With the Super PAC cutting spending in Arizona, Kelly could get a big cash advantage this fall. Incumbent senators and a group of Democrats have set aside more than $40 million for him for the fall, compared to his $18 million for Republicans before the SuperPAC pulled back on advertising investments, according to AdImpact. .
The McConnell-backed organization also cut advertising costs in Alaska by about $1.7 million for two weeks. Law said this was a sign of her confidence in incumbent Alaska Senator Lisa Markowski.
“We are going all-in on Senator Markowski, who is in a very strong position and based on that, we have decided to postpone the start date,” Low said. .
Ads supporting Murkowski’s campaign will begin on September 20.
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Murkowski finished in the top four in the general election in about 45% of Republican primaries, ahead of Trump supporter Kelly Tshibaka with 39%. The general election is determined by rank choice voting.
Super PAC said the cuts in Arizona and Alaska didn’t mean the group was in financial trouble, telling Politico that “at this point in 2020, there are hundreds more than in August. It’s going well,” he said.