Over the next month, Democratic advertisers are slated to outspend Republican advertisers $60.4M to $36.5M in House elections. To learn more about the House landscape and messaging in the Senate, sign-up for our biweekly newsletter:
🚨Pro-Ron DeSantis group Never Back Down is canceling all of its 2024 reservations in Iowa and New Hampshire. So far, we've tracked cancelations totaling $2.5M.
#Election2024
: The Trump campaign is up with a new ad this morning attacking Harris on the economy and inflation.
Trump's campaign currently has $60.5M in future reservations through Election Day.
#Election2024
: A new group just reserved cable airtime in Florida and New Jersey. The group's name? Anti-Psychopath PAC.
The PAC opposes Trump. George Conway is the group's President and Executive Director. So far, we've seen $104K in reservations.
Democratic advertisers have a significant head start in fall reservations for Presidential, Senate, and House generals. While these totals are sure to even out, here's a look at current Aug-Nov reservations.
President:
🔵$130M 🔴$0
Senate:
🔵$256M 🔴$129M
House:
🔵$77.4M 🔴$348K
The
#NY16
primary is one week away. It's seen over $23M in spending and reservations, making it the most expensive House primary ever.
Here's an updated look at top spending advertisers, as AIPAC-affiliated group United Democracy Project makes up 61% of total spending.
#OHPol
: The NRSC just cancelled its fall cable reservations in
#OHSen
, totaling $707K from 8.31-11.5. As of now, the NRSC has no future TV reservations in Ohio.
Future OH Senate TV reservations:
🔵$86.2M
🔴$83.3M
Today, the Trump campaign placed $37.2M in new ad spending, the most he's reserved on TV ads in a single day this cycle.
New Trump reservations placed today by state:
#GAPol
: $23.8M
#NCPol
: $4.4M
#MIPol
: $3.1M
#WIPol
: $2.0M
#AZPol
: $2.0M
#NVPol
: $1.4M
#PAPol
: $867K
He's done it.
@MikeBloomberg
has spent the most money of any candidate ever on a single week of political advertising. We're looking at $31M dollars from 11/25-12/3.
This buy by
@MikeBloomberg
will likely amount to the single biggest weekly broadcast expenditure by a political campaign. So far he's spent $23,986,153 on broadcast.
@BarackObama
currently holds the record, having spent $24,873,671 in the last week of his 2012 campaign
After yesterday's new Trump orders, how do September-November reservations look for each party in the battleground states?
#PAPol
:🔴$50.5M🔵$38.3M
#GAPol
:🔵$25.1M🔴$19.4M
#MIPol
:🔵$32.3M🔴$1.8M
#AZPol
:🔵$21.3M🔴$1.1M
#WIPol
:🔵$16.6M🔴$1.3M
#NCPol
:🔵$15.3M🔴$0
#NVPol
:🔵$5.5M🔴$0
#TXPol
: Here's a first look at the "Coulda Been Worse" ad opposing Greg Abbott. The group spent $6.1M yesterday on statewide airtime.
3 advertisers have now launched multi-million $ ad campaigns for the
#TXGov
general:
Abbott: $13.4M
O'Rourke: $11.8M
Coulda Been Worse: $6.1M
"Why is our border a chaotic mess? Kamala Harris."
MAGA Inc. is up with new ads in AZ, GA, and PA markets. This week, they reserved over $20M for ads to air between 7/24-9/3. Here is one of the new ads running this morning.
As of today, we've seen nearly $775M in fall reservations targeting the Senate, House, and the Presidential election. Democrats continue to hold significant reservation advantages. Here's the breakout by party:
Senate:
🔵$320M🔴$164M
House:
🔵$159M🔴$1.6M
President:
🔵$130M🔴$0
#Election2024
: Presidential ad spending since Super Tuesday thru this week:
Biden camp and allies: $16.0M
Trump camp and allies: $3.4M
Kennedy Jr. camp: $409K
Future reservations currently booked (next week thru November):
🔵Pro-Biden: $132.4M
🔴Pro-Trump: $265K
.
@MikeBloomberg
is the highest spending presidential candidate of all time. According to our data, he has spent $338.7M on traditional media, surpassing
@BarackObama
's 2012 record of $338.3M.
#Election2020
#WIPol
: “How much I weigh is nobody’s business, but Eric Hovde wants to make it his.”
Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) is up with a new ad attacking Eric Hovde (R) in
#WISen
. So far, we’ve seen $14.5M in spending and reservations from Baldwin's campaign.
#Election2024
: Presidential broadcast ad airings in the week since Biden dropped out:
PA:🔴2,080🔵430
GA:🔴1,430🔵150
AZ:🔴960🔵40
MI:🔵260 🔴250
WI:🔵240 🔴190
Trump-affiliated group MAGA Inc. made up 69% of airings in those states.
#Election2024
: "Trump love dictators. Maduro learned from Trump that he could lose an election, then lie about it. If you love Maduro, you'll love what Trump does next."
The Lincoln Project is up with this new ad in FL. The group's spent $437K in the 2024 Presidential race.
#OHPol
: "Does it feel like things look smaller at the grocery stores these days?...I'm Sherrod Brown and I'll never stop fighting to crack down on corporate greed."
Brown is up with a new
#OHSen
ad this morning.
#OHSen
Campaign Future Reservations:
🔵Brown: $23.7M
🔴Moreno: $0
#OHPol
: "I'm Sherrod Brown and I worked with Republicans to jump-start American chip manufacturing."
Brown (D) is airing a new ad this morning across Ohio about bipartisanship. Brown has reserved $9.9M in ad spending for his
#OHSen
re-election bid.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz -- a Nebraska native -- will do a campaign event in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday, according to a source familiar with the plans.
Note: In all but two states in the nation, electoral votes are winner-take-all. But Maine and Nebraska have taken a
#NVPol
: "Because of the law Sam Brown pushed for, I had to leave Texas to get the care I needed. Now, I live in Nevada and I cannot watch Sam Brown take away our rights here too."
Jacky Rosen's first
#NVSen
general election TV ad attacks Republican nominee Sam Brown on abortion.
#NYPol
: AOC's PAC, Courage to Change, is up with its first TV ad supporting Jamaal Bowman's
#NY16
re-election bid. The primary is 6/25.
The group has spent $127K, while the primary has seen $13.3M. 74% of that total is from United Democracy Project.
#Election2024
: "Joe Biden has made defending our basic freedoms the cause of his presidency, and he is running for reelection to finish the job."
The Biden campaign is up with a new :60s ad today.
#TXPol
: Incumbent Tony Gonzales (R) has found himself in a contested
#TX23
primary that's seen $5.3M in ad spending. The runoff between Gonzales and Brandon Herrera (R) has already attracted $2.9M.
Total ad support (primary and runoff):
Gonzales:$4.3M
Herrera: $888K
#WIPol
: General election spending for Wisconsin's Supreme Court contest has continued to grow. Currently, there is no spending supporting Daniel Kelly, the conservative candidate.
Janet Protasiewicz campaign: $5.4M
A Better Wisconsin Together: $524K
#Election2024
: "She's old enough to have over 30 years of experience in public service and young enough to remember working her way through school at McDonalds."
Future Forward is up with a new ad supporting Kamala Harris. They currently have $151M in future reservations.
#Election2024
: Kamala Harris is now officially the Democratic nominee for President! With Election Day only 75 days away, the final advertising push is on...
Current future reservation ad support:
🔵Kamala Harris: $291.6M
🔴Donald Trump: $133.9M
"This is America's border czar, and she's failed us. Under Harris, over 10 million illegal a year...Kamala Harris: failed, weak, dangerously liberal."
Yesterday, the Trump campaign reserved $12.2M across PA, GA, MI, AZ, NV, and WI.
#NYPol
: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) is up with her first broadcast TV ad in
#NY14
. The ad is narrated by AOC in Spanish.
Her campaign has placed $1.9M in ad spending this year.
#AZPol
: Ruben Gallego (D) reserved $19M in ad spending for
#AZSen
today, further extending Democratic advertisers' advantage in future reservations in the race.
Campaign Future Reservations:
🔵Gallego: $19.3M
🔴Lake: $380K (with NRSC)
Total Future Reservations:
🔵$44.2M
🔴$380K
Future ad reservations in these Senate/Gov races compared to Presidential:
#AZSen
:🔵$44M🔴$6.6M
AZ Prez:🔵$22.6M🔴$7.4M
#MISen
:🔵$34.7M🔴$16.5M
MI Prez:🔵$35.9M🔴$15.1M
#NVSen
:🔵$43.9M🔴$18.7M
NV Prez:🔵$6.7M🔴$6.6M
#PASen
:🔵$66.1M🔴$56.9M
PA Prez:🔴$79.4M🔵$43.1M
.
@MikeBloomberg
has officially passed the $100 million mark. In total, we have tracked $100,407,009 in advertising from Bloomberg since November 25. That's an average of $3,718,778 per day.
#Election2020
#GAPol
: "Things were better before Biden. I'm voting for Trump."
Trump-affiliated group MAGA Inc. is up with this new ad airing in Georgia this morning.
April ad support and reservations:
🔵Biden: $15.7M
🔴Trump: $4.8M
#Election2024
: Donald Trump's campaign is going up with their biggest broadcast buy since at least January. So far, we've seen $1.6M booked in GA, MI, NV, PA, and WI. Ads are set to air tomorrow through 8/12.
Current September-November ad reservations stand at $758M. As of today, Democrats make up 77% of all fall ad reservations, a $412M spending advantage over the GOP.
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#Election2024
: Last night, Donald Trump's town hall on FNC had nearly double the viewership of the 5th Republican Presidential Primary debate on CNN: an estimated 5.7M to 2.9M.
The town hall was the most watched Presidential primary TV event we've tracked since November 8th.
#Election2024
: "Kamala Harris was and is a complete failure at her job. Now, she's asking us for a promotion? Who in their right mind would give it to her?"
This morning, Restoration PAC is up with a new ad this attacking Harris on the Southern Border.
#TXPol
: Colin Allred has a large advantage in ad support over Ted Cruz in the
#TXSen
general election:
Aired general spending:
🔵$21.7M
🔴$2.2M
Future reservations:
🔵$270K
🔴$103K
#NCPol
: We've seen $77.7M in ad spending and reservations targeting the
#NCGov
general election. Josh Stein (D) leads in total ad support with $59.3M versus Mark Robinson (R) with $18.5M.
Ad support thru today:
🔵 $42.0M 🔴 $17.4M
Future Reservations:
🔵 $17.3M 🔴 $1.1M
#AZPol
: The
#AZSen
primary has seen $6.6M in ad spending and reservations so far. Ruben Gallego (D) makes up 90% of all primary spending.
AZ Senate general fall reservations (as of today):
🔵$23M
🔴$0
#Election2024
: One month since Biden stepped aside, Kamala Harris is outpacing Donald Trump's TV ad spending. Here's campaign spending in tossups (according to
@Center4Politics
).
Total aired campaign $ since 7/21:
🔵Harris $44.3M
🔴Trump $30.5M
Future res:
🔵$111.5M
🔴$57.3M
Lots of questions about if
@JoeBiden
is off air today (9/11).
Today from 12a-5a, Biden aired 609 spots. Industry standard says new broadcast day starts at 5a. Since 5a, Biden has aired 7 spots, attributable to basic traffic errors. Based on this data, Biden is dark for 9/11.
In honor of
#SpotifyWrapped
dropping today, here's:✨AdImpact Wrapped✨
This year, we've tracked $1.28B in political advertising! Andy Beshear ($25M) is this year's top spending candidate, while
#KYGov
($93M) was the most expensive non-presidential race!
🧵
🚨Just in: $25M NFL buy from
@JoeBiden
. Campaign is buying games on broadcast and cable from 9/10 - 11/2 on NBC, CBS, FOX, and ESPN.
#Election2020
#NFL
.
@JoeBiden
is prebooking in Texas. So far we've seen $647k placed in the Lone Star State. It's mix of 30s and 60s ads that will run from 10/6-11/3
#Election2020
#TXpolitics
#TXPol
: "Tony Gonzales is lighting our nation's Constitution on fire... make sure it's Tony Gonzales who goes up in flames."
Brandon Herrera is up with this new ad ahead of the
#TX23
primary runoff.
Total ad support and reservations:
Pro-Gonzales: $4.4M
Pro-Herrera: $970K
#AKPol
: "When I ran for Congress to continue Don Young's legacy, delivering for all Alaskans, I focused on four things: fish, family, freedom, and Fairbanks.”
Incumbent Congresswoman Mary Peltola (D) is out with this ad this morning. So far, we’ve seen $133K from the campaign.
Details on Trump's revisions to his 9/15-9/21 flight:
Complete cancellations in NV, NH, and IA.
Additional money cut in MI, MN, OH, PA, and WI
About $1.89M moved into AZ, FL, ME, NC, and NE.
#Election2020
#PAPol
:
@NHLFlyers
mascot Gritty makes appearances for $3,000/hr.
Naturally, we asked: How long could PA's nominees book Gritty based on their general ad spending?
#PASen
:
John Fetterman: 243 days
Mehmet Oz: 130 days
#PAGov
:
Josh Shapiro: 452 days
Doug Mastriano: 1 hour
#MTPol
: "Jon Tester worked with Republicans, fighting to shut down the border...and he fought to stop President Biden from letting migrants stay in America."
Tester (D) is up with a new ad that distances himself from Biden. Tester has reserved $14.5M in ad spending for
#MTSen
.
"Amanda's attacker was an illegal immigrant drug dealer, arrested twice before, but released by San Francisco DA Kamala Harris."
MAGA Inc. is up with this new ad. The pro-Trump group has $71.7M in future reservations:
#PAPol
: $41.2M
#NCPol
: $6.4M
#GAPol
:$6.3M
#MIPol
:$5.2M
"Kamala lies about the border, she lies about higher prices. Kamala lies a lot."
MAGA Inc. is up with a new ad attacking Harris. The group has $56.4M in future reservations:
#PAPol
: $39.4M
#GAPol
: $3.5M
#NCPol
: $3.4M
#AZPol
: $2.9M
#MIPol
: $2.9M
#NVPol
: $2.5M
#WIPol
: $1.8M
NEW Crystal Ball Electoral College rating change
North Carolina goes from Leans Republican to Toss-up
Now 7 Toss-ups. Just one leaner (NE-2). Everything else Likely/Safe
as first seen in
@playbookdc
just now
Much more here --
#NYPol
: The
#NY16
primary has now eclipsed $13M in total ad spending. AIPAC-affiliated group United Democracy Project has spent or reserved 81% of that total. Incumbent Jamaal Bowman (D) has spent $1.2M.
Here's a look at the top spending advertisers:
#Election2024
: "Joe Biden put Kamala Harris in charge of the border...On Kamala's watch, illegal border crossings hit record highs."
Preserve America PAC is up in MI, PA, and WI markets this morning attacking Kamala Harris. They've reserved $43M between July and September.
#AZPol
:
@CookPolitical
has moved
#AZSen
from Toss Up to Lean D. Democratic advertisers maintain a strong advantage in future ad reservations in the race.
Current
#AZSen
future reservations:
🔵$44.1M
🔴$290K
#VAPol
: 37 Virginia State Assembly general elections have seen ad spending thus far. 14 have seen spending from both parties.
'21 VA Assembly generals: (thru 9/7/2021): $1.2M
🔴$587K
🔵$575K
'23 VA Assembly generals (thru today): $3.5M
🔴$2.1M
🔵$1.4M
#OHPol
: "You couldn't trust [Bernie Moreno] as a car dealer, so why would you trust him as your Senator?"
Sherrod Brown (D) is up with his first TV ad attacking Moreno for
#OHSen
. Brown has placed $41.8M in ads, the largest investment out of any incumbent Senator this cycle.
Since joining the race, Harris’ campaign has aired $33.2M across TV and radio. The Harris Victory Fund has placed $43.5M across Facebook and Google.
Despite jumping in less than a month ago,The Harris Victory Fund is the largest spender on FB and Google in the Presidential race.
Harris campaign announces a big $370 million ad reservation from Labor Day through Election Day — $170 million on TV and $200 million on digital. Her team calls it “the largest digital reservation in the history of American politics,” designed to “reach voters where they are.”
#WIPol
: With less than two weeks until the WI Supreme Court general between Janet Protasiewicz and Dan Kelly, Protasiewicz is outspending Kelly by $8.5M, while GOP groups are outspending Dem groups by $3M.
#Election2024
: "Radical Kamala raised money for a fund that bailed out violent criminals...Kamala Harris: dangerously liberal."
MAGA Inc. is up with this new TV ad in PA. The Trump-affiliated group has spent $143.9M targeting the 2024 Presidential race so far.
Current pre-booked reservations for 2024 Toss Up Senate general elections add up to over $300 million. Here's a breakdown by each state:
#AZSen
: $23M
🔵$23M🔴No reservations
#MTSen
: $111M
🔴$61M🔵$50M
#NVSen
: $46M
🔵$46M🔴No reservations
#OHSen
: $142M
🔴$74M🔵$68M
ICYMI: On Wednesday, we shifted
#NVSen
from Lean D to Toss Up, where it joins the races in Arizona, Montana and Ohio.
@JessicaTaylor
explained the move here:
Major Political Events of the Week - Here is how they ranked in viewership:
‣Trump Townhall (Fox News): 5.7M viewers
‣DeSantis Townhall (Fox News): 3.7M viewers
‣Haley Townhall (Fox News): 3.0M viewers
‣5th GOP Presidential Debate (CNN): 2.9M viewers
With just over 2 weeks until the
#midterms
, here's a look at future Senate ad reservations. Dem advertisers are outspending GOP advertisers in 7 of the top 10 most expensive races. Biggest advantage is in
#AZSen
(D+$10.4M).
Total reservations:
🔵$121.7M
🔴$100.1M
🧵
#MIPol
: Trump-backed MAGA Inc. just placed broadcast buys in Michigan. The group has previously targeted Senate races in AZ, PA, OH, NV, and GA.
So far, we've seen $551K placed in MI. Ads are set to run 10/27 through election day.
#MNPol
: Our last featured gubernatorial race is
#MNGov
where Dems currently hold a 234 times spending advantage in the general.
🔵$18.9M
Alliance for a Better Minnesota:
FF PAC:
Tim Walz:
🔴$81K
Scott Jensen: $76K
This buy by
@MikeBloomberg
will likely amount to the single biggest weekly broadcast expenditure by a political campaign. So far he's spent $23,986,153 on broadcast.
@BarackObama
currently holds the record, having spent $24,873,671 in the last week of his 2012 campaign
#TXPol
: "When it comes to the border, Ted Cruz is all hat. No cattle...12 years in the Senate and he still has no clue."
Colin Allred's newest
#TXSen
TV ad attacks Cruz on the border.
Future reservations:
🔵$302K
🔴$0
Total General Spending:
🔵$11.4M
🔴$523K
#Election2024
: "Trump just talks tough. Kamala Harris is tough."
The Harris campaign is out with this new ad today contrasting her record on crime with Donald Trump's.
.
@AndrewYang
just bought his first broadcast ad of the
#Election2020
. It's a 60 second broadcast spot in
#Iowa
going up tomorrow and running until November 14.
#Election2024
: Pro-Trump group MAGA Inc. is placing its first TV reservations in
#NCPol
this morning. They've spent/reserved over $158M across the country so far this Presidential cycle.
Top Prez advertisers in NC on TV so far (7/22-11/5):
🔵FF PAC: $14M
🔴Trump campaign: $7.1M
#Election2024
: "So many people turned their backs on us...that changed when Joe Biden was elected," states a new ad from the Biden campaign.
Here's a look at the spot, which first aired this weekend. Biden has seen $43.8M in ads supporting his upcoming reelection bid this year.
Trump-backed PAC MAGA Inc. added more spending today in 4 Senate races. Arizona saw the highest expenditure today. Last week it was
#OHSen
.
#AZSen
: $1M
#PASen
: $799K
#NVSen
: $581K
#GASen
: $201K
Current Presidential advertisers with the most fall reservations:
🔵FF PAC: $143.4M
🔴Trump campaign: $43.5M
🔴MAGA Inc: $25.4M
🔵American Independent Foundation: $12.6M
🔵Future Forward USA Action: $4.3M
🔴Preserve America PAC: $3.1M