We're less than one week away from the May 24 special election in New York's 26th District. Here's a wrap of the latest developments in the race - Republican Jane Corwin puts in more of her own money, Democrat Kathy Hochul keeps hammering Medicare and Crossroads changes its plan of attack.
-- Corwin put another $300,000 of her own funds into her campaign today, now bringing her self-funding total up to $2.76 million in the race. She's been raising additional funds too, and on Monday also got a $2,500 donation from Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) Prosperity PAC.
-- Corwin put another $300,000 of her own funds into her campaign today, now bringing her self-funding total up to $2.76 million in the race. She's been raising additional funds too, and on Monday also got a $2,500 donation from Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) Prosperity PAC.
Corwin's self-funding level exceeds even that of independent Jack Davis, the self-proclaimed Tea Party candidate in the race that the GOP worries has made this election artificially competitive. On Tuesday, Davis put another $550,000 into his campaign coffers, bringing his total up to nearly $2.65 million. Davis has said he'll spend as much as $3 million, and isn't taking any donations.
-- Conservative group American Crossroads has officially extended their ad buy in the race - buying another $375,000 worth of airtime to bring their total investment in the race to more than $700,000. But while their first ad last week hit Davis for his Democratic past, the influential outside group is now switching gears to attack Hochul -- a sign that they now view her surging candidacy as the greatest potential threat to Corwin.
The new spot criticizes Hochul's time on the Hamburg Town Board, where the group says she raised property taxes 11 times. "We struggle, while Hochul votes to take more of our money," the ad says. "We need jobs, not Kathy Hochul's higher taxes." Watch the full spot here. --Hochul also debuted a new ad Tuesday, keeping with the same Medicare theme that seems to be resonating with voters and helping her surge. Rebutting Corwin's ad Monday that said she was falsely attacking the GOP nominee over Medicare, Hochul turns to touting her weekend endorsements from the largest local papers in the district: the Buffalo News and the RochesterDemocrat & Chronicle. Hochul also got some backup on her pushback against Corwin's ad - the first to tackle the Medicare attacks against her. The Buffalo News wrote this morning that the ad made "bogus claims" and called Corwin out for latching on to a statement Hochul made during last weeks' debate: "Everything should be on the table" in budget talks -- "entitlements, defense spending but also revenues" - as evidence she would slash Medicare benefits.
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-- Conservative group American Crossroads has officially extended their ad buy in the race - buying another $375,000 worth of airtime to bring their total investment in the race to more than $700,000. But while their first ad last week hit Davis for his Democratic past, the influential outside group is now switching gears to attack Hochul -- a sign that they now view her surging candidacy as the greatest potential threat to Corwin.
The new spot criticizes Hochul's time on the Hamburg Town Board, where the group says she raised property taxes 11 times. "We struggle, while Hochul votes to take more of our money," the ad says. "We need jobs, not Kathy Hochul's higher taxes." Watch the full spot here. --Hochul also debuted a new ad Tuesday, keeping with the same Medicare theme that seems to be resonating with voters and helping her surge. Rebutting Corwin's ad Monday that said she was falsely attacking the GOP nominee over Medicare, Hochul turns to touting her weekend endorsements from the largest local papers in the district: the Buffalo News and the RochesterDemocrat & Chronicle. Hochul also got some backup on her pushback against Corwin's ad - the first to tackle the Medicare attacks against her. The Buffalo News wrote this morning that the ad made "bogus claims" and called Corwin out for latching on to a statement Hochul made during last weeks' debate: "Everything should be on the table" in budget talks -- "entitlements, defense spending but also revenues" - as evidence she would slash Medicare benefits.
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