House Majority PAC, CLF’s Democratic counterpart, besides precocious invested successful some districts — a motion that some parties judge the seats are astatine hazard of flipping.
“All rhythm we made it our precedence to grow the representation arsenic acold arsenic imaginable and precocious breakers are giving america the accidental to property adjacent deeper successful the last stretch,” CLF President Dan Conston said successful a statement.
On Long Island, Democrat Laura Gillen, a erstwhile Hempstead Town supervisor, faces Republican Anthony D’Esposito, a Hempstead Town Council member, successful a territory that Biden carried by astir 15 points successful 2020.
Democrats person agelong disquieted astir Long Island, the tract of a shellacking successful the 2019 section elections. Retirements by Rice and Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s unpopularity and rising transgression rates cemented its presumption arsenic a occupation child. House Majority PAC placed a $1.2 cardinal bargain to assistance Gillen this week, according to information from AdImpact, a TV advertisement tracking firm.
The Congressional Leadership Fund’s archetypal 15-second spot warns that Gillen was endorsed by a radical “that wants to defund the constabulary and extremity currency bail.” A second warns Gillen would rise taxes.
In Illinois, Casten’s territory had seen small notable extracurricular spending until this week and was wide thought to beryllium safe.
First elected successful 2018, Casten bushed chap Democratic Rep. Marie Newman successful 2022 successful a uncommon member-on-member superior created by redistricting. Biden carried his district, which spans the southwestern Chicago suburbs, by 11 points. Much of the territory is caller territory to Casten nether the redrawn map.
His opponent, Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, has trailed him importantly successful fundraising. He raised $1.2 million done mid-October. Casten brought in $5.1 cardinal successful the aforesaid period. CLF’s advertisement warns Casten wants to rise taxes and uses footage of him saying, “A small spot of ostentation would really beryllium a bully thing.”
In a motion that Democrats are besides acrophobic astir the race, House Majority PAC went connected aerial for Casten this week with a $650,000 buy.
The Congressional Leadership Fund is besides placing different $1.2 cardinal bargain successful New York targeting Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the seat of House Democrats’ run arm, whose contention has evolved into an costly battleground campaign. The GOP ace PAC is besides dropping different $500,000 to people Democratic Rep. Mike Levin successful confederate California and different $600,000 to assistance New York authorities Legislator Colin Schmitt, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan successful a adjacent district.
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