In the money race in this year's midterms, Florida led the pack over the last 24 hours. The sunshine state received nearly $5 million dollars in advertising, mostly from Republican aligned groups.
If money tells the story of who is up and down, the race in North Carolina is heating up. It swung from a net cut of $2.50 million the previous day to a net gain of $986,000, a $3.49 million reversal.
Georgia had the biggest drop of any state, falling $2.14 million as groups on both sides pulled back. In the Georgia U.S. Senate race, the Republican Senate Leadership Fund canceled $737,000 in ads on Atlanta TV stations, and the Democratic group The Georgia Way canceled $423,000. Election forecasters rate that race “Likely Democratic,” meaning Democrats are favored. Groups often cancel ads in races that look settled so they can spend the money where the outcome is less certain. The Congressional Leadership Fund also canceled $908,000 in ads in California’s 13th District, another race rated Likely Democratic.
In fact, GOP-aligned groups spent just shy of $14 million across the 226 filings. That's 2.3 times the amount spent by Democratic aligned groups.
Republican-aligned net at $13.99 million concentrated in Florida, Washington and Pennsylvania, which together totaled $7.99 million. Democratic-aligned groups spent $6.20 million, including $1.99 million in Florida.
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