How badly is the cash-strapped NRCC sweating the open seat race in Mississippi’s 1st congressional district? Enough to drop $62,000 against the Democratic nominee, Travis Childers.
The expenditures include a $30K media buy and $16K on direct mail, and come on the heels of a direct expenditure for Childers by the DCCC over the weekend. A copy of the ad attacking Childers is viewable here.
It seems that the GOP can’t take anything for granted these days — even R+10 seats like this one that wouldn’t have been seriously in play earlier in the decade.
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Quick responses like this will make it less likely that the Republicans will spend additional cash in the future. And losses here will kill their fund raising ability.