Democrats ramp up ad spending in Kentucky governor’s scuttle
By Bridget Bowman
Democrats are ramping up ad spending in the Kentucky governor’s scuttle, with an out of doors team tied to the Democratic Governors Affiliation reserving thousands and thousands on the airwaves, doubling its funding from 2019.
The team, Defending Bluegrass Values, has reserved $11.9 million on ad buys for the final three months before the November election, in conserving with the ad monitoring firm AdImpact, as Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear runs for a 2d term.
“Reelecting Gov. Andy Beshear is the DGA’s top priority this 365 days, and these main TV reservations shall be severe to conserving our foot on the gasoline heading into the final months of this election,” DGA Executive Director Meghan Meehan-Draper said in an announcement.
College Freedom Fund, an out of doors team linked to the conservative Club for Improve, has reserved $2.5 million in adverts over the identical duration.
Even though some GOP groups possess but to arrangement future ad reservations, Republicans possess been engaged in the scuttle. The Republican Governors Affiliation’s affiliated outside team, Kentucky Values, has spent $4.2 million on adverts for the explanation that Could presumably 16 major targeting Beshear, and are expected to say thousands and thousands extra as they appear for to rob attend the governor’s mansion in a narrate that frail President Donald Trump obtained by 26 aspects in 2020.
Beshear and allied Democratic groups possess spent a combined $11 million on adverts as of Thursday, nearly twice as noteworthy as Republicans. Beshear’s opponent, narrate Lawyer Overall Daniel Cameron, has handiest spent $80,000 on adverts so a long way.
The DGA’s spending in Kentucky underscores how the scuttle is a top contest this 365 days. Beshear is working for re-election in a historically Republican narrate after defeating GOP Gov. Matt Bevin in 2019 by factual 5,000 votes. That 365 days the DGA spent bigger than $5 million on the Kentucky governor’s scuttle.
Bridget Bowman
Bridget Bowman is a deputy editor for NBC’s Political Unit.
