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By Hunter Schwarz October 3 at 4:23 PM
Republicans and Democrats are about tied when it comes tospending in the countrys top gubernatorial races thanks to heavy spending by Republicans in Florida and Texas.
Broadcast and national cable television ad buys between September 12 and 25 in 15governors races across the country total $46.84 million, according to a Wesleyan Media Project study. Democratsaccount for 50.25 percent of that total.
Ad spending for gubernatorial race broadcast and national cable television buys from September 12 to 25:
Republicans biggest buy came in Florida, where Gov. Charlie Christ has a slim44-42 percent lead overformer Gov. Rick Scott among likely voters in a September Quinnipiac University poll. Republicans have spent $6.64 million on TV ad buys there, compared with $4.07 million by Democrats. Republicans are also outspending Democrats in Texas, Michigan, Kansas, Colorado, South Carolina, and Iowa.
Democrats highest spending is inIllinois, where theyve spent $4.17 million on Gov. Pat Quinn whos facing Republican Bruce Rauner. Democrats are also leading in spending in Wisconsin, New York, Georgia, Maine, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Minnesota.
Percentage ofgubernatorial race broadcast and national cable television buys from September 12 to 25 paid for by outside groups:
The study also broke down what percentage of ad spending came from outside groups. For Michigan Democrat Mark Shauer, 100 percent is from the Democratic Governors Association. The only other gubernatorial race Wesleyan Media Project reported where outside spending was over three-fourths is Republican Jeff Johnson in Minnesotawith86.75 percent.
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Washington A better-than-expected report on the US job market Friday could give a modest to lift to struggling Democrats, one month before an election that could flip control of the Senate to Republicans.
The economy created a robust 248,000 jobs in September and the official unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent the month before, the Labor Department reported.
Thats welcome news for US workers, and in political terms, such signs of economic improvement tend to buoy the party that controls the White House.
But despite a string of solid job reports in recent months, the state of the economy is, at best, providing modest support to Democrats in key races. Far from assuring that Democrats can retain their narrow control of the Senate, the improvingjob market is simply helping them to stay in the election game.
Republicans need a net gain of six Senate seats to take charge.
President Obama, seeking to help his party, is doing his best to capitalize on the job markets improvement.
When I took office, businesses were laying off 800,000 Americans a month. Today, our businesses are hiring 200,000 Americans a month, Mr. Obama said Thursday, in a speech at Northwestern University near Chicago.
A political challenge, however, is that the economy still isnt nearly as strong as Americans would like and the presidents popularity is also suffering from other factors like handling of foreign policy that have nothing to do with the economy.
Although unemployment has fallen sharply from its post-recession high of about 10 percent, the total share of Americans who have jobs has recovered only modestly to 59 percent of adults, down from about 63 percent just before the recession.
Part of that reflects the demographics of the baby boom, as more Americans are hittingretirement age.But it also reflects an economy where many potential workers arent optimistic enough to even look for work. Those on the sidelines arent counted in the official unemployment rate.
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A sign directs voters at a polling site in Atlanta. "Georgia is changing dramatically," Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter says. "There's no doubt that Georgia is next in line as a national battleground state." David Goldman/AP hide caption
A sign directs voters at a polling site in Atlanta. "Georgia is changing dramatically," Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter says. "There's no doubt that Georgia is next in line as a national battleground state."
The Democratic National Committee is running a Spanish language ad on radio stations in North Carolina and Georgia, where there are competitive U.S. Senate races.
"Republicans think we're going to stay home," the ad says. "It's time to rise up."
Democrats see opportunity in Southern states with fast-growing minority populations and an influx of people relocating to the Sun Belt. In Georgia, there's a push to register new voters in hopes of turning a red state blue.
Becks Nix spends most weekends at festivals, like the Fall Festival at Atlanta's Candler Park, working a voter registration booth for the gay rights group Georgia Equality.
"Are y'all registered Georgia voters?" Nix asks passersby.
Anastasia Fort says she needs to check because she just moved to a new neighborhood. Nix tells her how to make sure she's on the voter rolls.
"Because things are tight," Nix says, "we feel like it's even more important that people are not only registered but are actively engaged in what's going on."
Fort admits she's not so engaged. Her friend Steve Stuglin is shocked.
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