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A top Republican super PAC is pausing its ad spending in the Senate race in North Carolina and launching a new ad effort in Kansas, the latest sign the fight for the majority is shifting to red states amid an increasingly tough landscape for the GOP.
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fight → pause → GOP
The new moves from the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Senate GOP leadership, were first reported by Semafor and confirmed by two people with knowledge of the decision.
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moves → align → decision
Ad spending decisions can provide clear signals about the races parties and outside groups view as the most competitive and further out of reach.
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parties → provide → reach
SLF’s move to direct resources to Kansas underscores how Democrats are putting traditionally Republican states in play as they try to net four seats to take control of the Senate.
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they → direct → Senate
Democrats will need to win multiple states President Donald Trump won by double digits in 2024, in addition to defending seats in battleground states.
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Trump → need → states
As Election Day draws closer, Democrats are growing more optimistic about their chances as Trump’s approval ratings drop and voters express frustrations with high costs and the Iran war.
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voters → draw → costs
The race in Kansas between GOP Sen. Roger Marshall and Democratic pastor Adam Hamilton has become more competitive in the homestretch, even though the state has not sent a Democrat to the Senate since 1932.
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state → become → 1932
SLF had been actively involved in North Carolina, where former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley is facing former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat.
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Whatley → face → Cooper
In September, the group spent more than $17 million on the race, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.
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group → spend → firm
The group still has another $19 million in ads booked through Election Day but now has no plans to add to that.
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group → have → that
Trump and Vice President JD Vance also each traveled to the state last month to boost Whatley, whom the president personally encouraged to run for the open seat.
But the decision to pause spending in North Carolina, a perennial battleground, is a sign that the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is drifting away from the GOP.
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race → travel → GOP
Republicans have been pessimistic for weeks about their prospects in the state, with Cooper leading in recent polling and outspending Whatley.
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Cooper → lead → Whatley
The party’s level of confidence in their chances of defeating Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia has also been dwindling, but one person familiar with SLF’s spending noted the group has not paused its spending in that race.
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group → defeat → race
Trump won Georgia by just 2 points in 2024.
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Trump → win → 2024
Still, SLF has focused the bulk of its resources on other hotly contested Senate races.
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SLF → focus → races
In September, SLF spent $78 million on ads in Texas through an affiliated group, and SLF itself spent nearly $33 million in Ohio.
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SLF → spend → Ohio
Elsewhere, the group last month spent $16 million in Michigan, $15 million in Iowa, $13 million in Maine, $10 million in Georgia, $8 million in Alaska and $5 million in New Hampshire, according to AdImpact.
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group → spend → AdImpact
In the month of October through the Nov. 3 election, SLF’s Texas group has booked $48 million in ads, while SLF is set to spend $40 million in Ohio, $18 million in Michigan, $17 million in Maine, $16 million in Georgia, nearly $14 million in Iowa, $8 million in New Hampshire and $5 million in Alaska.
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SLF → book → Alaska
Trump carried Texas, Ohio, Iowa and Alaska all by double digits in 2024.
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Trump → carry → 2024
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