{"id":1661530,"date":"2022-09-28T06:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T10:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1661530"},"modified":"2022-09-28T06:50:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T10:50:55","slug":"mcconnell-dumps-another-million-into-alaska-to-save-murkowski-after-ditching-arizonas-blake-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-dumps-another-million-into-alaska-to-save-murkowski-after-ditching-arizonas-blake-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell Dumps Another Million Into Alaska To Save Murkowski After Ditching Arizona\u2019s Blake Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-dumps-another-million-into-alaska-to-save-murkowski-after-ditching-arizonas-blake-masters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1661530&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s super PAC dropped nearly $12 million in new spending on competitive races in key battlegrounds \u2014 but none of that spending is for one of the most competitive races of all: GOP rookie Blake Masters versus Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s allies in Georgia, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Alaska will each claim a portion of the pot from the Kentucky lawmaker\u2019s Senate Leadership Fund, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpyers\/status\/1574851925878505473?s=20&amp;t=ke9jyMHjnVCneO1U4y_xxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according <\/a>to new numbers out Tuesday, while Arizona venture capitalist Masters remains abandoned by the top elected Republican in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In Alaska, GOP incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski will receive nearly $1 million in support from McConnell\u2019s PAC as she fends off a competitive challenge from Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who is running with an endorsement from former President Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p>The cash infusion to Alaska comes after recent polling in the race shows Murkowski in a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/16\/new-alaska-senate-poll-reveals-lisa-murkowski-neck-and-neck-with-kelly-tshibaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dead heat <\/a>to keep her seat against Tshibaka, who has pledged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kellyforak.com\/post\/kelly-tshibaka-statement-on-mitch-mcconnell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not to support<\/a> McConnell for another term in Senate leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The additional support for Murkowski also comes after McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/26\/mcconnell-senate-arizona-alaska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceled<\/a> $1.7 million in Alaska ad buys and pulled $8 million from Masters in Arizona last month. The decision to do both at the same time only served as a smokescreen to hide McConnell\u2019s true Senate ambitions: Maintain a <em>minority<\/em> he can control instead of an anti-establishment <em>majority<\/em> that threatens his leadership perch.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, McConnell axed the rest of his super PAC\u2019s money set aside for Arizona, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/21\/mcconnell-abandons-arizona-senate-race-to-maintain-a-gop-he-can-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceling <\/a>another $10 million from what polling by the Trafalgar Group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AZ-Gen-0918-Poll-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shows<\/a> is a 2-point race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cancellations mean that the GOP\u2019s leading super PAC won\u2019t be spending any money in Arizona, one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country,\u201d Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/09\/20\/mcconnell-aligned-super-pac-arizona-blake-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported <\/a>last week. <\/p>\n<p>According to a chart of Senate spending <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpyers\/status\/1574852290481164305?s=20&amp;t=ke9jyMHjnVCneO1U4y_xxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> on Twitter by California political researcher Rob Pyers, McConnell\u2019s Senate Leadership Fund has no money allocated to the Arizona Senate contest this fall. The National Republican Senate Committee (NRSC), on the other hand, is shown giving Masters, who is trying to unseat incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, more than any other candidate. The NRSC has set aside more than $9.9 million for Masters, which is more than $3 million over any other candidate supported by the committee. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpyers\/status\/1574852290481164305?s=20&amp;t=ke9jyMHjnVCneO1U4y_xxw\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who chairs the NRSC, has publicly clashed with McConnell after the Senate leader in charge of reclaiming the majority undermined GOP chances by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/19\/come-on-mitch-mcconnell-republicans-need-you-to-step-up-and-lead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complaining <\/a>about \u201ccandidate quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,\u201d McConnell said as Senate candidates struggle in key states. \u201cSenate races are just different, they\u2019re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott defended the slate of GOP recruits in an op-ed for the Washington Examiner shortly after McConnell\u2019s comments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have great candidates with incredible backgrounds and ideas to make our country better,\u201d Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/01\/rick-scott-savages-mitch-mcconnell-for-trying-to-sabotage-gop-senate-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cDo I wish they had more money than their Democratic opponent? Of course. But we have great candidates, chosen by the voters in their states, and our job is to help each one of them win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Scott has sought to boost Masters with the NRSC, the $10 million it dumped into the race remains far short of the $18 million McConnell pulled. Other groups have begun to step up, including an independent super PAC affiliated with Heritage Action for America, which <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/13\/heritage-action-steps-up-in-arizona-senate-race-after-mcconnell-pulls-8-million-from-masters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced <\/a>$3.5 million to support Masters earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Federalist, Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action for America, called the Arizona Senate race \u201ca clarion call for the conservative movement to come and support this candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Frontiers of Freedom Action (FFA) super PAC\u00a0also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/22\/masters-gets-more-support-after-mcconnell-dumps-opportunity-to-help-pick-up-arizona-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced <\/a>a six-figure ad buy behind Masters.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Women Speak Out PAC, an affiliate of the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America group, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbaprolife.org\/newsroom\/press-releases\/arizona-1-million-tv-ad-campaign-exposes-mark-kellys-abortion-extremism-contrasts-with-pro-life-blake-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched <\/a>a million-dollar ad campaign to highlight Kelly\u2019s abortion extremism. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"LbHi4Xj5URoQEv0JWB8\"><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s super PAC dropped nearly $12 million in new spending on competitive races in key battlegrounds \u2014 but none of that spending is for one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1661532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1661530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1661530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1661532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1661530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1661530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}