GOP targets Stabenow in new ad, first of 2018 cycle
A national group focused on electing Republicans to the U.S. Senate is rolling out a new Michigan ad Tuesday targeting Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Lansing, an early sign the GOP could make a real run at a seat it hasn’t held in 16 years.
The ad, set to air during the University of Michigan versus Michigan State men’s basketball game on ESPN, seeks to put pressure on Stabenow to confirm Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee says the limited-run ad is part of an “aggressive” media campaign targeting Senate Democrats in states Trump won on Nov. 8. It’s the first paid ad by the NRSC in Michigan for the 2018 election cycle.
Stabenow has twice coasted to re-election in the Senate and at this point is “hands down the top Democrat in the state,” said Susan Demas, editor of Inside Michigan Politics. But Trump’s surprise win here — the first by a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 — has party leaders “feeling their oats” and believing they could spin gold again to take down Stabenow in 2018, she said.
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