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RandySF

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Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:17 AM Aug 2020

House Democrats target Midwestern GOP seats

he House Democrats’ main campaign arm has reserved almost $1.5 million worth of television air time meant to target three Midwestern Republicans whose seats are suddenly up for grabs in a tumultuous political climate.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Tuesday laid down advertising reservations that will take aim at Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), three incumbents who represent districts President Trump won in 2016.

The committee will also reserve $716,000 in airtime in Oklahoma City, where freshman Rep. Kendra Horn (D-Okla.) is seeking a second term after notching one of the most surprising wins of the 2018 midterm elections.

n total, the DCCC is reserving almost $2.2 million in airtime in the four districts. The new money is on top of almost $24 million the party has already spread across 21 media markets throughout the country.

Democrats are likely to spend most of their money defending the freshmen who handed them the majority in 2018, in districts ranging from Charleston and Atlanta to southern New Mexico and rural parts of Iowa and Maine.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/510389-house-democrats-target-midwestern-gop-seats

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House Democrats target Midwestern GOP seats (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2020 OP
our Il-13th candidate came with in 2500 votes of beating Davis in 2018 and she was a NOVICE beachbumbob Aug 2020 #1
 

beachbumbob

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1. our Il-13th candidate came with in 2500 votes of beating Davis in 2018 and she was a NOVICE
Tue Aug 4, 2020, 10:58 AM
Aug 2020

Betsy is no longer a novice and she has been all over our district campaigning in the small rural towns and talking with farmers and their families. The problem is colleges not being a sure thing for votes as she killed Davis in the precincts that had college voters in Bloomington and Champaign. My wife and I did months of campaign work and voter registration last time,

Davis is easily provoked and she got to him last time in their debates. She has no fear in looking at him directly in his eyes and calling out for being a LIAR. I saw that and he came close to losing it.

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