![]() ![]() ![]() Of the 32 districts where the DCCC is spending money this week, only five are held by a Democratic incumbent.ĭemocrats have expanded their advertising spending to some districts where the party has rarely competed in recent years, a sign that the party feels ambitious after public and private polling that shows President Trump is deeply unpopular and voters want Congress to act as a check. “Democrats have been running even or have an advantage on the air in most of the top 25 or 30 competitive districts.”ĭemocrats, who need to pick up a net of 23 Republican-held seats to reclaim the Speaker’s gavel, are on offense in the vast majority of those districts. “What’s happening right now is for the first time this cycle, we’re spending even with the Republicans,” said Charlie Kelly, who heads the House Majority PAC. The four outside groups spending the most on television advertising - the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the House Majority PAC on the left, as well as the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and the Congressional Leadership Fund on the right - are spending more than $24 million on commercials in 46 districts. This week alone, candidates and outside groups are spending more than $63 million on television airtime in 51 districts across the country. The two sides and their outside allies have already spent or reserved nearly a half-billion dollars in television time in the fight over control of the House of Representatives, according to data compiled by several Democratic and Republican sources watching the media landscape. Voters across the country are being deluged by an onslaught of television advertising as candidates and big-spending outside groups dump millions of dollars on a growing battleground that stretches from the North Maine Woods to the posh suburbs of San Diego. ![]()
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