Kevin Robilllard is a senior political reporter for HuffPost. He previously covered the 2016 elections and transportation policy for Politico. He’s also written for TBD, Newsweek and Congressional Quarterly. He’s a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Diamondback.
Throughout 2023, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Steve Daines , the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, had a consistent message for donors, the media and their fellow senators:
There have been clear successes: With the help of the NRSC, some wealthy recruits managed to clear the Republican field in their states, enabling the party to avoid damaging and expensive primaries. One recruit, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, helped force Sen. Joe Manchin But the self-funders’ opposition research files have created headaches their money may not be able to solve.
But looking at gross ratings points — a measurement of how many people actually see a given ad — Democrats got 46,000 points for their much cheaper investment, while Republicans got 41,000, according to a source tracking media buys. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a former chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said Republicans simply won’t be able to recruit quality candidates in many states until after Trump leaves the scene.“The price of admission is signing up to a range of policy positions that are just way outside the mainstream,” he said while on a swing through Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania to campaign for his Democratic colleagues.
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