House Republicans pump last-minute money into Kansas special election

[grantcart]

Source: Politico

The NRCC is pouring money into a last-minute TV ad buy in Kansas ahead of a Tuesday special election, seeking to pump up Republican enthusiasm and turnout in a district that President Donald Trump carried by 27 percentage points just a few months ago.

The late independent expenditure seeks to boost Republican state Treasurer Ron Estes, who is running to replace CIA Director Mike Pompeo in Kansas' 4th District. The district has not been on the radar of most national groups and activists, which have focused on the upcoming special election in Georgia as a more competitive opportunity. But Kansas Republicans are fretting that Estes' margin is closer than expected in his race against Democrat James Thompson, an attorney.

“Kansas should not be in play, but Kansas is in play," said one Kansas Republican consultant.

The ad plays to the GOP's base ahead of the expected low-turnout special election, attacking Thompson's positions on abortion


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/republicans-kansas-special-election-2017-236961

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Republicans are having to pump money into a district that Trump carried by 27 points.

Hey GOP the canary is dead, you are way under water and your exit is cut off. If you have to fight to win the safest of districts how are all those competitive districts going to go.

[titaniumsalute]

1. Well that is interesting

Pumping money into a race where Trump clobbered Hillary? Wow. That's odd. If the Dem loses by less than 10% that is a huge sign of things to come in 2018.

[SunSeeker]

2. Wow. Republicans win in low-turnout special elections even in blue states.

So for it to be close in a red state where Trump won by 27 points is bad, bad, BAD for the GOP. Which is good for America.

[turbinetree]

3. Donations for James Thompson

http://www.votejamesthompson.com/blog

[mountain grammy]

5. Thanks for the link.

I'll pitch in for this!

[turbinetree]

6. Good

I truly believe this race and the Ossoff race will make people energized

[hatrack]

8. Gave him $25 . . .

Still kind of a long shot, but it's worth it.

[turbinetree]

10. Great

[Fast Walker 52]

21. Just donated... fingers crossed he does well

[sheshe2]

4. Running scared!

Good.

[Freethinker65]

7. More likely padding the GOP victory so they can scream about a National mandate

[Bengus81]

9. They want fat ass Estes to do his Brownback tinkle down in Congress...

He's at the CORE of the fucked mess we have in Kansas. He was ALL on board with the zero % tax bracket for Corps/LLC/rentals that started four years ago. Now looking at a budget shortfall of nearly a BILLION $$$ by June 2018.

He calls that "leadership" in his ads.

[diva77]

11. Kicking for visibility! Let's get James Thompson elected to represent Kansas' 4th District!!

[sprinkleeninow]

12. Gave on ActBlue $5, then $30. We're not loaded, but I save on some things and trade-off on stuff

that 'speaks' to me. They say every little bit helps.
🇺🇸

[diva77]

13. Fantastic!

[sprinkleeninow]

20. And you also

are rockin' it! 👊

[Fast Walker 52]

14. Anyone know what the polls are like there? There's no mention in the piece. But this is a problem--

The unexpected GOP financial assistance is coming for Estes even as Thompson hasn't been able to rally financial support from the state's Democratic Party, which rejected a request from Thompson for a $20,000 mailer campaign, The Wichita Eagle reported. Thompson's campaign accused the state party of "sitting on the sidelines."

WTF, Democrats?

[grantcart]

15. No polling and very little news.

All I have been able to gather is that it might be turning into a referendum on Brownback and the ACA which is popular in Kansas.

Brownback is at 18% and the ACA is At 82%.

Turnout is a big question mark.

[Fast Walker 52]

16. thanks... how awesome and uplifting it would be for the Dems to win this one!

[grantcart]

17. it would be a political earthquake

[Fast Walker 52]

18. FWIW Jon Lovett gave a shout out to it on his podcast

the Dem candidate sounds really good and as they said, Brownback is despised... early voting looks good, so we shall see...

[grantcart]

19. Thanks