House Republicans’ main super PAC is booking $125 million in TV ad reservations in roughly 50 media markets across the country — a massive down payment on the party’s bid to wrest back the majority this fall
The super PAC closely aligned with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has started booking ads across the country to help the GOP take back the House, already spending more than it did during the entire 2020 election cycle. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
This is the first of several rounds of fall TV and digital bookings for the Congressional Leadership Fund, the largest outside group spending in House races and one that is closely affiliated with Minority Leader. But this initial purchase is already more than the super PAC spent on those ads during the entire 2020 election cycle, according to buys shared first with POLITICO.
And the group is devoting the vast majority of its investment to ousting Democrats rather than bolstering Republican incumbents, an indication of just how strong the political environment has turned toward the GOP. “Our buy is overwhelmingly on offense,” said CLF President Dan Conston, noting that $111 million of the ad reservations are earmarked for flipping Democratic-held seats.Even as redistricting shrunk the number of competitive House districts, Republicans crowed about creating an expansive
offensive battlefield in 2022 by contesting traditionally strong Democratic seats where President Joe Biden’s sagging approval rating was bringing new territory into play. Now, the ad reservations suggest CLF is willing to put millions of dollars behind that claim.How each state redraws its congressional districts will change the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
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