Exclusive: We have three new Democratic ads for you this morning, running in competitive House districts in different parts of the country. In a sign of where Democratic messaging is heading, all three ads — from New York, California and Nevada — share the common theme of abortion rights.
— In New York’s 19th District, the DCCC Independent Expenditure arm is running an attack ad that chips away at Rep. Marc Molinaro’s (R-N.Y.) attempt to strike a moderate tone on reproductive rights.
The ad says Molinaro voted to restrict abortion rights 13 times in his first term in office. The spot singles out his vote in favor of the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act in January, which Democrats claim would limit access to abortion for college students.
— California Democrat Dave Min is slamming his Republican opponent Scott Baugh as an extremist who supports an abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest. Min is running to succeed Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) in the state’s competitive 47th District.
“The MAGA power grab stops here,” Min says in the ad.
— Frontline Democratic Rep. Dina Titus’ (Nev.) new ad starts off with the incumbent closing a door to a medical exam room with a woman and her doctor.
“Some politicians want to sit in the exam room with you and make decisions for you,” Titus says in the ad. “Not only is that wrong, it’s dangerous.”
The ad accuses Titus’ GOP opponent in the competitive 1st District, Mark Robertson, of supporting a “near-total” abortion ban.
Democrats leaning almost singularly on abortion was something we focused on in our Midday edition on Tuesday when we broke down House Majority PAC’s latest ad buys.
Massachusetts primary: Voters in Massachusetts headed to the primary polls on Tuesday. There weren’t any major shocks.
Republican John Deaton will face Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in the general election. As we reported last month, Warren has $4 million more on hand than Deaton and is the massive favorite.
Every single House Democratic incumbent won their primary without facing a challenger.
— Max Cohen
