Senate Democrats Leading TV Ad Blitz As Election Approaches
TIME Politics 2014 Election Senate Democrats Leading TV Ad Blitz As Election Approaches The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee aired more TV ads in key Senate races last week than any other group
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ruled the TV airwaves last week, even trumping the conservative super PACs and Koch brothers-backed nonprofits theyve accused of trying to buy elections.
The DSCCan official arm of the Democratic Partyaired about 3,800 ads in U.S. Senate races across eight states, according to a new Center for Public Integrity analysis of preliminary estimates provided by Kantar Media/CMAG, an advertising tracking service.
That was more than double the number of ads run by its GOP counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, from Tuesday, Sept. 16, through Monday, Sept. 22.
Such dominance isnt shocking against the backdrop of Senate Republicans fundraising hiccups: the NRSC ended August with about $5 million less in the bank than the DSCC, according to the groups most recent campaign finance filings
Its critical that the DSCC use our sizable fundraising advantage over the NRSC to help bridge the gap and stop the Kochs from buying the U.S. Senate, said DSCC spokesman Justin Barasky, referring to the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch whose political network has also been a major player in competitive Senate races.
NRSC spokeswoman Brook Hougesen did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but numerous recent fundraising pleas from the group have bemoaned the Democrats financial advantage.
The midterm environment is toxic for Democrats, yet theres a chance Republicans may not take the Senate, wrote GOP strategist Karl Rove in a fundraising message for the NRSC on Wednesday. Why? The Democrats have a huge money advantage.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., struck a similar tone in a separate recent email: If we are unable to close the fundraising gap, Republicans risk being outspent 3-to-1, 5-to-1, even 6-to-1 in several key battleground races.
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Senate Democrats Leading TV Ad Blitz As Election Approaches