ICYMI: CLF Releases 15 Television And Digital Ad Campaigns In 14 Congressional Districts
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Congressional Leadership Fund (@CLFSuperPAC), the super PAC endorsed by House Republican leadership, released 15 television and digital ad campaigns in 14 congressional districts across the country this past week. See highlights of this week’s ad coverage below.
Roll Call
Griffin Connolly
10/8/18
The new spot from Congressional Leadership Fund claims that Coleman, who is challenging Republican Rep. George Holding, has missed the deadline for paying her taxes “over 60 times.”
Watch the ad, “On Time,” here.
Washington Examiner
Katelyn Caralle
10/8/18
An outside political group aligned with House Republican leadership released an ad Monday targeting Randy Bryce, the Democratic candidate for Paul Ryan’s congressional seat, for not paying child support for two years, labeling him a “deadbeat.”
Watch the ad, “Inexcusable,” here.
Texas Tribune
Patrick Svitek
10/10/18
A narrator says Jones is a “career Washington bureaucrat who got caught taking a big tax break on her D.C. home — but Jones opposes middle-class tax cuts that are saving Texas families $2,000 a year.”
Watch the ad, “Bureaucrat,” here.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/10/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund, the main House Republican super PAC, is going after Democrat Xochitl Torres Small in New Mexico’s 2nd District for the first time… “You know Pelosi’s priorities,” the ad says. “Higher taxes, more spending, job-killing regulations and Xochitl Torres Small.” The spot then hits Torres Small, saying she wants “big tax increases” and “government-run health care,” adding she’s “liberal like Pelosi, a big mistake for New Mexico.”
Watch the ad, “Priorities,” here.
PoliticsPA
John Cole
10/10/18
The Conservative PAC dings Wallace on a tax lien and paints the Democrat as beholden to Pelosi and an advocate for raising taxes on middle class families in a new television ad.
Watch the ad, “Hypocrite,” here.
Roll Call
Simone Pathé
10/10/18
“America’s economy is booming. Dan Feehan and Nancy Pelosi would take us backward,” the narrator says. “To them, Minnesota is fly-over country.”
Watch the ad, “Fifty Years,” here.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/10/18
Here’s that ad (first in Score) promoting Love as a champion of lower taxes and few regulations while calling Democrat Ben McAdams a “professional politician” who believes in “bigger government.”
Watch the ad, “Bigger Government,” here.
The Charlotte Observer
Brian Murphy
10/10/18
The ad calls McCready “another tax-and-spend liberal” and says he stands “with Pelosi, not us.” It also takes quotes from a Charlotte Observer editorial about McCready’s unwillingness to answer questions directly.
Watch the ad, “Everything,” here.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro, Daniel Strauss, and James Arkin
10/10/18
CLF released an ad calling Democrat Aftab Pureval and tied him to Pelosi.
Watch the ad, “Wrong For Ohio,” here.
National Journal
Ally Mutnick and Drew Gerber
10/11/18
And in Kentucky, the PAC dropped two spots, one calling retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath (D) “the Resistance’s candidate for Congress” and another tying her to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
POLITICO
Shia Kapos
10/11/18
The ad describes Londrigan and her plans for health care and the middle class as being “too expensive for Illinois.”
Watch the ad, “Adrift,” here.
WIBW News Now
Nick Gosnell
10/11/18
The ad contrasts Steve Watkins’ military background with liberal Paul Davis’ tax and spend record.
Watch the ad, “Lead The Fight,” here.
Fluence Media
Blois Olson
10/12/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund has released a new ad against Joe Radinovich.
Watch the ad, “Medicare,” here.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/12/18
CLF released a new ad in CA-10, defending GOP Ref. Jeff Denham while attacking Democrat Josh Harder. The ad starts by pushing back against attacks on Denham, saying his “vote does not change the guarantee of coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.”
Watch the ad, “Major Disruptions,” here.