ICYMI: CLF Releases 19 Television And Digital Ad Campaigns In 18 Congressional Districts
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Congressional Leadership Fund (@CLFSuperPAC), the super PAC endorsed by House Republican leadership, released 19 television and digital ad campaigns in 18 congressional districts across the country this past week. See highlights of this week’s ad coverage below.
POLITICO
James Arkin
9/24/18
Congressional Leadership Fund released a new TV and digital ad in Maine’s 2nd district linking Democrat Jared Golden to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and attacking him for opposition to the Republicans’ tax cuts.
Watch the ad, “Patti,” here.
AlphaNewsMN
Christine Bauman
9/24/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) released a new ad Monday highlighting Radinovich’s long history of breaking the law with Republican Pete Stauber’s career as a police officer.
Watch the ad, “History,” here.
POLITICO
Carla Marinucci and Jeremy White
9/25/18
Having already spread some $8.5 million across five contested California House districts, the GOP-affiliated Congressional Leadership Fund is putting $500,000 behind an ad assailing Democrat Harvey Rouda by charging he would raise taxes on retirement savings and increase “taxpayer-funded benefits for non-citizens.”
Watch the ad, “Krista,” here.
POLITICO
James Arkin
9/25/18
CLF is releasing its first TV and digital ad in Texas’ 32nd District today attacking Democrat Colin Allred, who’s running against Republican Rep. Pete Sessions. The ad links Allred to Pelosi and criticizes him on taxes and the Iran Nuclear Deal. “For Pelosi, Allred is a sure bet. Loyal and liberal,” the narrator says.
Watch the ad, “Bet,” here.
Texas Tribune
Patrick Svitek
9/26/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund, the chief super PAC working to keep the House Republican majority, is going up today with its first TV ads in two of Texas’ most competitive congressional races.
Herald & Review
Ryan Voyles
9/26/18
The 30-second spot, released Wednesday morning, portrays Londrigan as too liberal for the 13th Congressional District, saying her policies on health care could end employer-provided insurance and Medicare as we know it.
Watch the ad, “Liberal Londrigan,” here.
Roll Call
Simone Pathé
9/26/18
The group is going after Coleman, a former state representative who lost races for North Carolina lieutenant governor in 2012 and 2016, as part of its strategy to define Democratic candidates early and put them on defense. The attack on Coleman is that she supports higher taxes.
Watch the ad, “Too Much,” here.
POLITICO
James Arkin
9/26/18
GOP super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund is going up with a new ad in Kansas’ 2nd district accusing Democrat Paul Davis of being a “shady” lawyer who represented “sleazy clients.”
Watch the ad, “Battery,” here.
Washington Free Beacon
Brent Scher
9/26/18
Its latest attack features a former police chief in the county taking issue with one particular plea deal Kelly reached in 2017 with Todd Bramblett, who was charged with three felonies stemming from sexual touching of two young girls.
Watch the ad, “Police Chief,” here.
New Jersey Globe
Nikita Biryukov
9/27/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) launched a new ad in the attacking former Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski on Thursday, accusing him of being a liberal extremist and targeting the candidate’s ties to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi… That ad largely follows the same line as previous CLF ads targeting Kim, focusing on a tax break the candidate took and then returned on a home in Washington D.C.
National Journal
Ally Mutnick and Drew Gerber
9/27/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund’s new TV ad casts clean-energy entrepreneur Sean Casten (D) as a “Madigan machine-politician” who “lined his own pockets with corporate welfare.” It will run on digital platforms and in the Chicago media market.
Watch the ad, “Madigan-Machine Politician,” here.
Roll Call
Griffin Connolly
9/27/18
In a new ad released Thursday, and shared first with Roll Call, Congressional Leadership Fund once again highlights Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s stint as a substitute teacher at the Saudi-funded Islamic Saudi Academy in Mount Vernon, Virginia, that began in 2002.
Watch the ad, “Radical Policies,” here.
POLITICO
James Arkin
9/28/18
Republican super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund is going up with two new ads today in Iowa’s 3rd District — both say Democrat Cindy Axne would support increasing the Estate Tax. The first new ad attacks Axne by comparing her to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and saying she would “turn Iowa backward” on taxes. The second new ad features a farmer saying, “If Cindy Axne has her way, we could lose everything.”
POLITICO
Carla Marinucci and Jeremy White
9/28/18
The GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund continues to pour it on, releasing a trio of ads targeting Democrat candidates Josh Harder, Katie Porter, and Katie Hill by citing Harder’s investment history, tying “liberal” Hill to Nancy Pelosi’s “expensive” agenda and saying a vote for Hill would be a vote for higher taxes.
