ICYMI: CLF Releases 34 Ad Campaigns In 27 Congressional Districts
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Congressional Leadership Fund (@CLFSuperPAC), the super PAC endorsed by House Republican leadership, released 34 ad campaigns in 27 congressional districts across the country this past week. See highlights of this week’s ad coverage below.
House GOP Super PAC Uses Kavanaugh, ‘Liberal Mob’ in New Ads to Energize the Base
Wall Street Journal
Natalie Andrews
10/19/18
New radio ads by the House Republicans’ super PAC cite the tumultuous confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and accuse the Democrats of being a “liberal mob pushing their extreme views” in an attempt to energize GOP voters in the weeks before Election Day.
Miami Herald
Alex Daugherty
10/16/18
The ad titled “$7” tries to portray Shalala as out of touch with working class voters in the district, noting that she lived in a mansion that eventually sold for $9 million while serving as the president of the University of Miami and led the university when its janitorial staff went on strike because their wages amounted to about $7 an hour.
Shalala, Mucarsel-Powell will not return money from Castro-supporting lawmaker
Miami Herald
Martin Vassolo and Alex Daugherty
10/19/18
“Donna Shalala is not from Miami, she doesn’t speak Spanish and she doesn’t represent our community,” the ad from the political action committee says. “Why else would Shalala want to campaign with a congresswoman who praised Castro and defended the ruthless regime in Venezuela?”
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/15/18CLF is going up with a new ad in TX-07 hitting Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, tying her to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. “Fletcher’s agenda is Pelosi’s agenda,” the ad says, criticizing her on health care and taxes. “That’s why Pelosi’s committee is spending $2 million to back Lizzie Fletcher’s campaign.”
WisPolitics
Briana Reilly
10/16/18
The Congressional Leadership Fund has a new TV ad knocking 1st CD Dem Randy Bryce for his views on immigration.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/16/18
The first ad hits Democrat Harley Rouda in CA-48, attacking his business record. “So heartless, Rouda fired an employee who had cancer because her health care cost too much,” the ad’s narrator says, referring to a lawsuit. “Shady Harley Rouda can’t be trusted.”
Des Moines Register
Robin Opsahl
10/16/18
Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that backs Republican House candidates, released a new ad Tuesday tying Cindy Axne to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, with saying Axne would support Pelosi’s agenda if elected.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/16/18
The second ad criticizes Democrat Kara Eastman in NE-02 over the Iran deal. “Kara Eastman is too radical to represent us,” the ad says. “Eastman supports the Iranian deal that gave billions to the leading funder of terrorism.”
CNBC
Brian Schwartz
10/16/18
In a new ad first provided to CNBC, the PAC links Tenney to Trump while arguing that Brindisi, a state assemblyman, will be an ally of Pelosi.
The Hill
Reid Wilson
10/16/18
“Career politician Abby Finkenauer is one of Iowa’s most liberal legislators, and Nancy Pelosi is backing her because she’d vote the same in Congress,” the ad says. “Abby Finkenauer is Nancy Pelosi’s dream. We can’t afford her in Washington.”
POLITICO
Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon
10/17/18
Congressional Leadership Fund, the leading GOP House super PAC throws the book at Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in its latest ad to help Rep. Carlos Curbelo.
WIBW News Now
Nick Gosnell
10/17/18
The ad contrasts Steve Watkins career of serving the country with Paul Davis’ career of serving himself.
The Morning Call
Laura Olson
10/17/18
This spot says Wallace would “rubber-stamp Nancy Pelosi’s liberal agenda,” saying a vote for congressional Democrats is a vote in support of more taxes, spending and debt.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro, James Arkin, Elena Schneider, and Daniel Strauss
10/17/18
CLF released an ad calling Democrat Sean Casten a “shady politician.”
New Jersey Globe
Nikita Biryukov
10/17/18
The ad hits Kim over his opposition to the tax plan Republicans passed last year while praising Rep. Tom MacArthur for the same.
New Jersey Globe
Nikita Biryukov
10/17/18
A super PAC with ties to House Speaker Paul Ryan launched two new ads in the seventh congressional district on Wednesday saying former Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski would seek to raise taxes in the district.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/17/18
“Aftab Pureval would make the [opioid] crisis worse,” the ad said. “In Congress, Pureval would vote with Nancy Pelosi for open borders and amnesty, bringing more crime and drugs into our neighborhoods.”
Deseret News
Lisa Riley Roche
10/17/18
Like the first ad from the group, the new commercial says McAdams raised taxes and his own pay as mayor. “Ben McAdams says he needs a shower. With a record as bad as his, he sure does,” the narrator says, concluding his record “stinks.”
New York State of Politics
Nick Reisman
10/17/18
In the ad, the Congressional Leadership Fund accuses Delgado of holding “New York City values” like increasing taxes and spending, while Faso is pushing to create jobs.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/17/18
“Career politician Linda Coleman supported higher taxes and fees nine different times,” the ad says.
POLITICO
Zach Montellaro
10/17/18
They know the real McCready: another tax-and-spend liberal,” the ad says, referring to spending from House Majority PAC. “Liberal McCready means less money for you, more power for Pelosi.”
Breitbart News
Joel Pollak
10/19/18
The ad is called “$3,000,” referring to the savings that CLF argues families in the district will enjoy due to President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
POLITICO
Carla Marinucci and Jeremy White
10/19/18
CLF is dropping its fourth ad in the district today, a spot that touts Walters’ support for the GOP tax bill and ties Porter to Nancy Pelosi’s “liberal agenda.”
Washington Free Beacon
Jeffrey Cimmino
10/19/18
A newly released ad from the Congressional Leadership Fund slams Kim Schrier, a Democratic congressional candidate in Washington, for an agenda of higher taxes.
