A Senate Republican super PAC aligned with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pouring $67.5 million into close races in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan to break through the Democratic “blue wall.”
With less than 35 days until the election, the Senate Republican Leadership Fund is funding TV, radio and digital ads targeting Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and the vacant seat. is being invested. It is left behind by retired U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.).
The biggest chunk of the money, $28 million, will go to Pennsylvania, where a recent Washington Post poll showed Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick closing the lead on Casey to within the margin of error.
This is on top of the $24 million already spent on advertising since June.
Another $22.5 million will go to Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers against Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and $17 million will go to Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde, who is seeking to oust Baldwin. The funds will be allocated to Mr.
The money spent to break Democrats' current 51-49 majority in the Senate. first reported Monday's Wall Street Journal.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-Virginia) leaves the seat open, according to a nonpartisan newspaper, and Republicans are likely or certain to win at least 50 seats in the Senate in the 2024 election. However, the vacancy is expected to be easily filled by Republican Mountain Gov. Jim Justice. Cook's Political Report.
Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy is also on track to defeat Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), ahead of Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Bernie Moreno, according to Cook Political Report ratings. The battle with him is ranked among the top battles.
The Senate Leadership Fund and its affiliate PAC American Crossroads have already committed $47.9 million to the Montana race and $77.5 million to the Ohio race earlier this year.
A win in either race would secure a Republican Senate majority.
But internal polling by the Senate Leadership Fund shows that even in the blue wall states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, the race is heating up at the Senate level and in the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. It is shown that
“We are excited to expand the Senate map because we have great candidates who remain competitive in the race,” Stephen Roe, president and CEO of the Senate Leadership Fund, said in a statement. “I can do it,” he said.
Trump won all three states in 2016 but lost to Joe Biden in 2020. But the former president's surging poll numbers are raising the possibility that he could boost lower-ballot Republican candidates.
The Senate Majority PAC, which is aligned with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), still outperforms Republican candidates across the board, with $239 million in ad spending in close races announced in March. , $100 million of which was spent solely on securing seats. Ohio and Pennsylvania, According to the Washington Post.
McConnell, who will step down as Senate minority leader after this election, told Semaphore in an interview last week that he was worried that Democrats would do that. abolish historical precedentA 60-vote filibuster or other means of pushing through the agenda if they retain control of the Senate and the White House.
At this summer's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Mr. Schumer said that if his party wins the Democratic trifecta of the House, Senate and White House, he would codify a federal right to abortion and change the electoral process. He has indicated he intends to pass legislation that would strengthen federal control. .
Republicans regained control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections, making it difficult for President Biden to pass the rest of his agenda without bipartisan cooperation.
Roe told the magazine that he is in three other likely Republican races: Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska. said the PAC has no plans to fund advertising.
