{"id":2654339,"date":"2026-09-03T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-ask-supreme-court-to-bar-gop-from-cheaper-campaign-ad-prices\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T23:46:50","slug":"democrats-ask-supreme-court-to-bar-gop-from-cheaper-campaign-ad-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-ask-supreme-court-to-bar-gop-from-cheaper-campaign-ad-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats ask Supreme Court to bar GOP from cheaper campaign ad prices"},"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\">24<\/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-ask-supreme-court-to-bar-gop-from-cheaper-campaign-ad-prices%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=2654339&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>A group of Democratic congressional candidates urged the supreme Court to reject an emergency petition by Republican campaign committees seeking to overturn a ruling by the 4th Circuit Court. The ruling found that coordinated advertising buys between political parties adn joint fundraising committees do not qualify for lower candidate ad rates, a decision that the GOP committees argued should be reversed to allow cheaper ad purchases. The Democratic candidates contended that federal law permits lower rates only for legally qualified candidates, not for parties or groups working in coordination with candidates. They also accused the Department of Justice of reversing its previous stance on the issue. The GOP attorneys argued that the court&#8217;s decision complicates campaign strategies ahead of the midterm elections, as it disrupts established rules for political advertising rates. The dispute centers around the interpretation of regulations designed to determine which entities qualify for lower ad rates and the impact of recent supreme Court decisions on campaign spending and speech rights. The Supreme Court has not yet issued a ruling on the emergency petition.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of Democratic congressional candidates urged the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday to reject an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4701131\/gop-appeal-campaign-finance-supreme-court\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4701131\/gop-appeal-campaign-finance-supreme-court\/\">effort<\/a> by Republican Senate and House campaign committees to halt an appeals court ruling finding coordinated advertisement buys between political parties and\u00a0joint fundraising committees\u00a0are not entitled to cheaper candidate rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court earlier this week asking the court to halt the order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and restore the cheap ad buy rates for parties and joint fundraising committees. Lawyers for Democratic Senate candidates Sherrod Brown, Jon Ossoff, and Roy Cooper, and Democratic House candidate Kristen McDonald Rivet, argued in a filing Thursday that the high court should reject the emergency petition, leaving in place the 4th Circuit\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4712950\/elon-musk-gop-spending-advantage-2026\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Elon Musk boosts GOP spending advantage with return as 2026 juggernaut<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4711666\/democrats-supreme-court-gop-cheaper-campaign-ad-prices\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats ask Supreme Court to bar GOP from cheaper campaign ad prices<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4712090\/comer-maga-inc-war-chest-midterms\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Comer says he hopes MAGA Inc. spends \u2018every single penny\u2019 of war chest in midterm elections<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NRSC and NRCC scored a major victory at the Supreme Court earlier this year, when the high court <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4497594\/supreme-court-campaign-spending-limits-nrsc\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4497594\/supreme-court-campaign-spending-limits-nrsc\/\">opened the floodgates<\/a> to unlimited coordinated spending between political parties and candidates, striking down the previous limits as violating the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling was a major victory in the short term for the GOP over the Democratic Party because of the Republican National Committee\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4709812\/house-gop-flexes-campaign-cash-advantage-after-supreme-court-ruling\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4709812\/house-gop-flexes-campaign-cash-advantage-after-supreme-court-ruling\/\">significant cash advantage<\/a> going into the midterm elections at a party level. The 4th Circuit\u2019s ruling, which Republicans are challenging with the emergency petition, was viewed as a key win for Democrats because while the Democratic National Committee has significantly less money than the RNC, Democratic candidates have dramatically outraised Republican candidates in several of the most closely watched races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coalition of Democratic candidates argued to the Supreme Court that federal law only allows legally qualified candidates to purchase ads at the lower rates, rather than including political parties and other groups working in coordination with the candidate. The Democratic candidates also claimed the Department of Justice was reversing its arguments it previously made before the high court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust last year, the Solicitor General assured this Court that this provision \u2018require[s] broadcasters to charge low rates for candidate spending, but not for party spending \u2014 whether coordinated or independent.\u2019 But three months ago, the Federal Communications Commission\u2019s Media Bureau reversed course and issued a \u2018Public Notice\u2019 that instructs broadcasters, under threat of hefty penalties, to offer lowest unit charge to two categories of non-candidate committees: political parties engaged in coordinated expenditures, and joint fundraising committees with non-candidate members,\u201d the lawyers for the Democratic candidates said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Fourth Circuit correctly held that the Public Notice is contrary to law, and there is no basis for this Court to stay that judgment,\u201d the Democratic candidates\u2019 lawyers added, urging the Supreme Court not to rule in favor of the GOP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NRCC and NRSC said in their petition earlier this week that the appeals court ruling two months before the hotly contested midterm elections has thrown the committees\u2019 campaign spending strategy into disarray.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the midst of election season, a divided Fourth Circuit panel just rewrote longstanding rules about preferential broadcast rates for political ads. At the behest of Democratic candidates who said those rules favor their electoral opponents, the panel majority blew through two jurisdictional bars to vacate a staff-level public notice that is neither final nor an agency action,\u201d lawyers for the NRCC and NRSC said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4706827\/supreme-court-trump-white-house-ballroom-continue\/\">SUPREME COURT ALLOWS TRUMP TO CONTINUE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe order splits with multiple circuits, \u2018restrict[s] political speech in the sensitive period leading up to an election,\u2019 and ignores this Court\u2019s recent instruction on agency finality,\u201d the NRCC and NRSC said in their brief, adding that they had already budgeted for ad buys with the cheaper rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Supreme Court does not have a set timeline to issue a ruling on the emergency petition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats urge Supreme Court to reject GOP ad rate challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2654340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26237600713875.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[38315,3685,6203,32275],"class_list":["post-2654339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign-ads","tag-democrats","tag-gop","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26237600713875.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654339","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2654339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2654342,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2654339\/revisions\/2654342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2654340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2654339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2654339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2654339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}