According to a Democratic operative who tracks ad buys, the NRCC has purchased $225,000 worth of TV ad time in the Reno TV market, with an ad that will begin on Friday and run through August 11.
The National Republican Congressional Committee's independent expenditure arm is going up on television more than a month before the special election in Nevada's 2nd District.
According to a Democratic operative who tracks ad buys, the NRCC has purchased $225,000 worth of TV ad time in the Reno TV market, with an ad that will begin on Friday and run through August 11.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee's first ad in Nevada's 2nd District special election focuses on the economy, directly refuting Democrat Kate Marshall's claims she helped put the state on solid financial footing.
The ad, which begins airing Friday, comes two days after Marshall's first television ad touted her "Common Sense" approach in the treasurer's office, and claims Marshall "gambled away $50 million of your money on Wall Street," pointing to the state's investment in Lehman Brothers before it crashed, and 33 increase in office spending. Former Rep. Anthony Weiner's departure from Congress has led to an unlikely campaign to replace him, where both candidates are fighting over their pro-Israel bona fides.
Republican Bob Turner has been questioning whether Democrat David Weprin, who is Jewish and has a long record of support for Israel, will be able to stand up to President Obamaif he tries to put undue pressure on the Jewish state. Updated 2:57 p.m
There's a battle brewing over endorsements in Illinois, where the two Democratic candidates running for a newly-drawn House seat are each claiming support from two prominent former members of Congress. The campaign of Iraq war veteran Tammy Duckworth is claiming that her primary rival, former Illinois Deputy Treasurer Raja Krishnamoorthi falsely touted endorsements from former Reps. Melissa Bean and Debbie Halvorson. Her campaign released statements from both today, praising Duckworth. Both former congresswomen are staying neutral in the race. Ohio Republicans are bringing in big bucks for the National Republican Congressional Committee, giving the GOP campaign arm a $500,000 check at Tuesday morning's political conference meeting, according to a Republican source present.
The impressive effort was aided by the delegation's most prominent member, House SpeakerJohn Boehner, who attended the joint fundraisers to help them raise the money. Their latest donation is on the heels of a $1 million contribution Ohio Republicans made to the NRCC last month. Updated 12:44 p.m Scandal-plagued Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., announced Tuesday he is resigning in the wake of a report that he had an unwanted sexual encounter with a teenage girl. "It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be a United States Congressman. Rare is the nation in which an immigrant child can become a national political figure. I thank God and my parents for the privilege of being an American," Wu said in a statement. Updated 11:25 a.m. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., announced he will not seek reelection in 2012, becoming the fourth moderate Blue Dog Democrat to head to the exits this year after a midterm election cycle that decimated their ranks. In a statement released Monday morning, Ross cited Congressional gridlock and partisan politics as driving his decision to step down. By Alex Roarty and Jessica Taylor
Amid Washington’s inability to find compromise on the debt-ceiling, one of the lawmakers most likely to find common ground said he’s leaving Washington because he’s fed up with partisanship. The surprise announcement on Monday by Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of the Blue Dog Coalition of conservative Democrats, comes as he eyes a possible gubernatorial run in 2014. But he also bemoaned Congress’s intractable political polarization. Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., is once again the subject of damaging allegations - this time that he pushed a teenage girl into an unwanted sexual encounter, according to a story in theOregonian. The Oregonian report, published late Friday, cites multiple unnamed sources that a "distraught young woman" called Wu's office this spring and accused him of the encounter, which appears to have occurred over Thanksgiving 2010. When confronted, Wu said the incident was consensual. The young woman is said to be the daughter of a donor and high school friend of Wu's. The looming battle for the House is heating up as both parties are out today touting their top recruits.
In a roundtable this morning with reporters, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions and NRCC Vice Chairman Greg Walden released their second round of additions to the "On The Radar" status of their "Young Guns" program. |
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