The NRCC reserved over $8 million for twelve districts earlier today as part of its second round of media targeting. Earlier this week, the House Republicans reserved nearly $9 million in ad time for 14 races. Here are the details on the NRCC’s second round, courtesy the Politico (we’ve added the DCCC’s reserved ad time for comparison):
| District | Incumbent | NRCC | DCCC |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL-21 | L. Diaz-Balart | $1,000 | $1,400* |
| FL-24 | Feeney | $408 | $1,000 |
| FL-25 | M. Diaz-Balart | $950 | $1,400* |
| MI-07 | Walberg | $832 | $1,500 |
| MI-09 | Knollenberg | $618 | $1,100 |
| MN-06 | Bachmann | $600 | $0 |
| OH-02 | Schmidt | $485 | $0 |
| OH-15 | Open | $800 | $1,200 |
| OH-16 | Open | $800 | $1,300 |
| TX-22 | Lampson | $1,500 | $1,100 |
| WA-08 | Reichert | $1,000 | $949 |
| WI-08 | Kagen | $213 | $475 |
All numbers are in thousands.
Special note on FL-21 and FL-25: The DCCC’s $1.4m reservation applies to both of these districts and FL-18.
In most cases, the NRCC continues to be out-gunned, although their $600K reservation in MN-06 is pretty surprising. Yeah, I know Michele Bachmann is a nutball, but given her district’s R+5.1 lean and her big cash-on-hand advantage over Democrat El Tinklenberg, this is one race that I would have cut loose if I were the NRCC and had to pinch pennies. Maybe they know something about this race that I don’t.
Late Update: We now have the hard-dollar sums for OH-02 and TX-22. (H/T: Real Clear Politics)
Total DCCC reserved vs. Total NRCC reserved
Total DCCC COH vs. Total NRCC COH
I got the COH totals here (As of July 31st)
DCCC v. NRCC
COH – $56,400,000 v. $14,100,000
Signs that the Republican gerrymander in Florida could break this year, just as it did in Pennsylvania in ’06. Also Ohio.
there has to be some poll I’m not seeing. Bachmann is WAY ahead in cash on hand and funds raised and El is not running the best campaign in the world.
600k! Wow.
I hope the DCCC steps it up in these ones, there’s no reason to be outspent in a year like this one. They need to take off some of those multi-million dollar expenditures in generally safe districts and start spending them in districts that we could actually pick up.
Looks like One South Florida is launching a couple of ads against the Diaz-Balarts, one in English and one in Spanish.
They are probably hoping she loses so they don’t have to defend her any more.