by Robert Schmad
As of Wednesday, Democrats spent more on ads than Republicans in all Senate races except Ohio, according to Axios.
Republicans are losing the race for ad spending in Pennsylvania, Montana, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan, although they spent slightly more in Ohio, outspending their Democratic rivals by $158.4 million to $152 million, According to to Axios. The Republican spending advantage in Ohio may be somewhat misleading, since their roughly $6 million spending advantage in Ohio is the result of significant ad spending during the state’s competitive Republican primaries, as reflected in Federal Election Commission documents.
However, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is confident it can turn things around, and a spokesperson for the group told the Daily Caller News Foundation that planning $100 million ad campaign in Ohio, Nevada, Michigan and Arizona. Republican ad blitz begins in Michigan on Wednesday, NBC News reported.
As of Wednesday, Democrats had a spending lead over Republicans in the Michigan Senate race of about $16 million, according to a tally by Axios.
“Democrats will adopt a strategy of lying about Republican Senate candidates because they cannot defend their support for Kamala Harris’ plan to decriminalize border crossing, defund the police, and destroy our economy with a multi-trillion dollar Green New Scam,” NRSC Communications Director Mike Berg told DCNF, responding to some of the Democratic groups’ ads targeting Republicans running in key battleground states.
Recently, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) declared $79 million will go to Republicans in Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan in the form of ads aimed at discrediting GOP candidates by portraying them as racist, wealthy and out of touch with voters.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana alone attracted about $723 million in election ad buys, according to Axios. Democrats are outspending Republicans in Pennsylvania and Montana by about $15 million in spending.
Former President Donald Trump won both Ohio and Montana 2016 AND 2020 elections, which strengthened some Republicans’ belief that they could take control of the seats.
Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown tips Republican candidate Bernie Moreno is up five points in the Real Clear Polling average. Meanwhile, Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, trails Republican candidate and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy led him by 3.5 points in the Real Clear Polling average ratings for his race.
In Arizona, another key 2024 state, Democrats are leading Republicans $64.7 million to $12 million, and in Nevada, Democrats are leading $72.2 million to $29.8 million, Axios reports. Republicans aren’t much better in Wisconsin, where they’ve spent just $35.9 million on ads compared with Democrats’ $74.5 million.
Cook Political Report, a leading political forecaster, is currently predicts that Democrats are more likely to win Senate elections in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin than Republicans, while elections in Michigan, Montana, Nevada, and Ohio are likely to be uncertain.
Democrats spent almost twice as much money as the Republican Party on ads related to the presidential race as of August 2. According to to Axios.
DSCC did not immediately respond to DCNF’s request for comment.
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Robert Schmad is a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Photo “Sherrod Brown” by Sherrod Brown. Background photo “US Capitol Building” by Patrick Morris.
