GOP To Dump $28 Million On Ads Boosting J.D Vance

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports:

A political action committee with close ties to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching a massive new ad campaign in Ohio, a clear sign that national Republicans are shifting more toward playing defense in the Buckeye State.

The Senate Leadership Fund is reserving $28 million worth of TV and radio ads that will air statewide, the group announced Thursday.

That’s a huge escalation of the roughly $5 million national Republicans have spent in Ohio so far in the race between Republican J.D. Vance and Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan. The ads will start after Labor Day, the unofficial start of the most intense part of a general-election campaign season.

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Ohio politics is back on America’s radar as Mitch McConnell national GOP group plans massive ad buy boosting JD Vance, signaling deepening focus on Ohio’s Senate race
This comes on heels of GOP govs assn dropping bucks on Mike DeWine campaign https://t.co/oiSJRygRoI

— Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) August 18, 2022

? NEW OHIO POLL by Emerson

SEN
(R) Vance 45% (+3)
(D) Ryan 42%

GOV
(R) DeWine 49% (+16)
(D) Whaley 33%

PRES
(R) Trump 53% (+14)
(D) Biden 39%

GEN BALLOT
Republicans 51% (+10)
Democrats 41%

OH-Biden approval: 39/56

925 LV / 08/15-16 / MoE 3.2%https://t.co/dxInpFFEau

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 17, 2022