News: The top House GOP super PAC is adding $16 million to its fall ad reservations as the Congressional Leadership Fund seeks to flip blue seats in November, according to a source familiar with the strategy.
Here’s where CLF is reserving ad space:
— $2.3 million in the D.C. media market aimed at Virginia’s 7th District. This is an open seat vacated by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who is running for governor in 2025. Republicans feel confident that Army veteran Derrick Anderson can beat Democrat Eugene Vindman. This is a new reservation, whereas the other reservations below supplement an earlier round of CLF spending.
— $3.8 million in Philadelphia against Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) in the 7th District.
— $2 million in Detroit and $1.2 million in Lansing, Mich., for another open seat — Michigan’s 7th District — where Republican Tom Barrett is running against Democrat Curtis Hertel. Barrett lost to Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) last cycle in one of the most expensive races of the year. Slotkin is now running for Senate.
— $1.8 million in Flint, Mich., for the open seat in Michigan’s 8th District, where Democrat Kristen McDonald Rivet is up against GOP nominee Paul Junge. Junge lost to retiring Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) in 2022.
— $1.5 million in Omaha, Neb., to defend Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) in Nebraska’s 2nd District. Bacon is facing a rematch versus Democrat Tony Vargas in a seat President Joe Biden won in 2020.
— $1.1 million in Toledo, Ohio, against Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) in Ohio’s 9th District. Republicans are relieved that J.R. Majewski isn’t their nominee and instead can run with the more mainstream Derek Merrin.
— $682,200 in Norfolk, Va., to protect freshman GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans in her race against Missy Cotter Smasal in the 2nd District.
— $275,000 in Binghamton, N.Y., and $450,000 in Albany, N.Y., to help freshman GOP Rep. Marc Molinaro against Democrat Josh Riley in the 19th District.
— $300,000 in Des Moines, Iowa, to boost freshman Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) in the 3rd District race against Democrat Lanon Baccam.
— $180,000 in Scranton, Pa., hitting perennial GOP target Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.). Former President Donald Trump won the 8th District seat in 2020. This year, Republican Rob Bresnahan is challenging Cartwright.
— $150,000 in Denver against freshman Democratic Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s 8th District.
The $16 million boost supplements CLF’s initial $141 million reservation for the general election.
