Top GOP group pauses Senate spending in N.C., goes up in Kansas
A Republican super PAC is shifting strategy.
Senate Republicans’ top super PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), is temporarily halting its ad campaign in North Carolina’s Senate race and shifting funds to Kansas. The super PAC is pouring seven figures into Kansas to aid incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall against Democrat Adam Hamilton. Prior to this move, SLF had invested over $30 million in North Carolina’s Senate contest.
The shift in strategy is aimed at maintaining Republican majority control and optimizing resource allocation, according to a source familiar with the plans. SLF has also recently increased its spending in Senate races in Ohio and Iowa.
The decision to prioritize Marshall in Kansas, where a Democrat has not won a Senate race in nearly a century, stems from the shifting Senate battleground map and the struggles of Republican Michael Whatley in North Carolina against former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
Hamilton is trailing Marshall in the close race, and SLF is launching an ad campaign portraying him as a "two-face extremist." The ads will criticize his centrist credibility, immigration record, and link him to Democrats like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton.
With Senate Republicans currently holding 53 seats, including North Carolina and Kansas, they can afford to lose up to three seats to retain their majority.
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