Senate G.O.P. Campaign Arm Slashes TV
Ad Buys in Three States
Posted By: MDConservative, 8/15/2022 8:00:59 PM
The Republicans’ Senate campaign committee has slashed its television ad reservations in three critical battleground states for the fall, a likely sign of financial troubles headed into the peak of the 2022 midterm election season. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has cut more than $5 million in Pennsylvania, including its reservations in the Philadelphia media market, according to two media-tracking sources. Reservations in Wisconsin, in the Madison and Green Bay markets, have also been curtailed, by more than $2 million.
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It appears they're giving up on Oz. In Wisconsin, I suppose they expect Johnson to pay his own way - he raised over $7 million in the 1st quarter of '22 and has $17 million in his war chest. Barnes will not be a pushover.