The Money Game. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, NRSC Chair Tim Scott, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are appearing at an Oct. 22 fundraiser for Rep. Ashley Hinson’s (R-Iowa) Senate campaign.
The invite includes a whole host of Senate Republicans and top-level Republicans, including S-3’s Matt Bravo, Miller Strategies’ Jeff Miller and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Arizona special. The special election for Arizona’s deep blue 7th District is today. Adelita Grijalva, the Democratic nominee, is almost certainly coming to Congress to replace her late father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva. The elder Grijalva passed away in March after a long struggle with cancer.
Once Adelita Grijalva is sworn in, the House will have only two vacancies. Speaker Mike Johnson’s majority number remains at 217. He can lose only two members on a party-line vote.
Georgia Senate news. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) is airing an ad focusing on “gender ideology” as part of his campaign’s $1 million-plus buy in the Georgia GOP Senate primary.
The ad starts by showing the mugshot of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer and declaring that “the radical left’s twisted ideology has led to violence.”
“While Jon Ossoff placates the gender extremists, Buddy Carter will stand up for us,” the ad’s narrator says.
Carter is running against Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) and Derek Dooley for a chance to unseat Ossoff.
