Poll-sweating GOPers pouring money into battleground states after grim outlook for both House, Senate
Republicans are pouring campaign money into Senate battleground states as new polls show them struggling in red territory — with warning lights flashing in both the House and Senate.The National Republican Senatorial Committee is hoping its latest $46 million spend — including $9 million in Iowa, $11 million in Ohio, $2 million in Alaska, and $8 million in North Carolina — can hold back a potential Democratic tsunami. “You’ve got Republicans scrambling everywhere,” Sen.Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) fretted to The Post.
“When – my lord of living, all we had to do was really be in touch with the people four or five months ago … We’ve done all kinds of great stuff.You know, but we’re tone deaf in a lot of ways.” The Senate Leadership Fund, affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), has put $100 million behind Republican state AG Ken Paxton in Texas, a source told The Post, with plans to keep spending until Election Day.
“It’s red wall kind of thing … We only spend money where we think we can make a difference.”The party’s vulnerability is on display in red state polling – plus some eye-catching policy shifts by vulnerable Republicans who usually stay close to President Trump, whose own popularity rating is underwater.The latest polls out of Iowa show Democrat Josh Turek tied with Rep.Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who Republicans have long considered a top-tier candidate in a state Trump won with 56% of the vote.
Republicans control the Senate 53-47, meaning a loss of four seats would make Sen.Chuck Schumer (D-NY) majority leader.Former Sen.
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has grabbed a 4-point lead over appointed Republican Sen.Jon Husted (R-Ohio) in a state Trump carried by 13 percentage points over former VP Kamala Harris in 2024.Hinson and Michigan Republican candidate former Rep.
Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), who is battling radical leftist Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, both put out statements this week critical of the Iran war, seeking polit...