{"id":2212106,"date":"2024-04-03T10:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-emerge-as-top-two-spenders-in-house-races\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:44:38","slug":"democrats-emerge-as-top-two-spenders-in-house-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-emerge-as-top-two-spenders-in-house-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats lead in spending for House races"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fdemocrats-emerge-as-top-two-spenders-in-house-races%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=2212106&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>In the beginning of a competitive\u200d election year, two House Democrats, Representatives Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Angie Craig (D-MN), are leading in \u2064campaign ad spending. \u2064They are highlighted\u200b as the top spenders on television ads according to a report from Punchbowl News. \u2064The full\u200c article can be\u200c accessed by clicking &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; At the onset of a contentious election year,\u200c Representatives Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Angie Craig \u200d(D-MN), both \u200dHouse Democrats, are at the forefront in\u200d campaign ad expenditures. A \u2064Punchbowl\u200b News\u2063 report identifies them as the primary spenders on TV ads. For further details, click on &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>In the early months of a fierce election year, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic\">House Democrats<\/a> lead the way as top spenders on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic\">campaign<\/a> advertisements over the airwaves.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-suozzi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tom Suozzi<\/a> (D-NY) and Angie Craig (D-MN) emerged as the top House spenders on campaign television advertisements early in the year, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/television-ad-spending-update-house-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> from <em>Punchbowl News<\/em> citing data from AdImpact.<\/p>\n<p>Suozzi, who won a special election for former Rep. George Santos\u2019s seat in February, spent $3.5 million on television ads in that endeavor, while Craig has reserved $2.4 million in ad buys.<\/p>\n<p>Both members are in districts being targeted by Republicans in November, as the GOP hopes to keep control of the House of Representatives. Suozzi\u2019s seat flipped to the GOP in the 2022 election, but Santos was expelled from the chamber in December 2023 after being federally indicted in October, and Craig\u2019s seat is on the National Republican Congressional Committee\u2019s target list.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rates\">rates<\/a> the partisan voting index of Craig\u2019s district as \u201cDemocrat +1,\u201d while Suozzi\u2019s district is rated as \u201cDemocrat +3.\u201d The race in Craig\u2019s district is characterized by the outlet as \u201clean Democrat,\u201d while Suozzi\u2019s is rated as \u201clikely Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are holding on to a narrow majority, which tightened after Suozzi\u2019s special election win earlier this year, and will be eyeing to win vulnerable Democratic seats to solidify it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other top spenders through the first three months of the year, according to the report, included Republican Kelly Daughtry in the primary for North Carolina\u2019s 13th Congressional District, with $2 million spent, and Republican Fred Von Canon in the same race with $1.5 million spent.<\/p>\n<p>Daughtry and Brad Knott advanced to the runoff in the primary for that seat, while Von Canon failed to advance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the start of a competitive election year, Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Angie Craig (D-MN) are the leading spenders on campaign TV ads. 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