Koch Brothers Plan $30M In US Senate Ads

The Koch Brothers want to make sure the GOP retains the Senate majority. Via Politico:

Key groups in the Koch brothers’ political network on Monday began reserving $30 million in advertising buys in key Senate races in August and September, a network official tells POLITICO.

The television and digital ad buys, from Freedom Partners Action Fund and other groups, are expected to target Democratic Senate candidates or boost Republican ones in Florida, Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the official said.

“The network is, and will continue to be, fully engaged in 2016 political and policy battles,” said the official, who requested anonymity. “We want to maximize the number of freedom-oriented senators in terms of free speech, in particular. The current majority is preferable to the alternative.”

The official pointed out that Freedom Partners Action Fund and other groups in the network have has already spent more than $12 million on ads in key Senate races, asserting that was more than any other outside group. On Tuesday morning, the super PAC launched a $2.2 million television and digital targeting former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland’s Senate campaign.