A week after Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s campaign reserved $15 million in ad time for the fall campaign, a Democratic super PAC supporting Democratic nominee Ted Strickland has bought $9.5 million worth of TV time.
Senate Majority PAC is dedicated to electing Democrats to the U.S. Senate. The PAC has also reserved fall television advertising time worth $7.5 million in New Hampshire and $8.5 million in Nevada.
So far, about $50 million has been committed to advertising in Ohio in the Senate race.
A total of at least $82.2 million was spent in Ohio’s last U.S. Senate race in 2012, between Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican challenger Josh Mandel, the state treasurer. Mr. Brown won the election.
Senate Majority PAC has already spent $1.8 million attacking Mr. Portman for exporting U.S. jobs from Ohio and for being a D.C. insider. In a statement, Senate Majority PAC spokesman Shripal Shah said the ad campaign will continue the same theme. For the full article click here
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