A few days back it was
reported that a GOP super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) would withdraw a
significant $5.6 million reserved for TV ads from New Hampshire’s Senate race.
A spokesperson for the PAC claimed they “are shifting resources to where they can be most effective to achieve our ultimate goal: winning the majority”
That follows a similar move made by the Senate Republicans’ campaign
earlier this month to pull its resources from New Hampshire, claiming it was because of other Republican spending going toward the race.
Recent polls show both candidates in New Hampshire, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and her Republican challenger Don Bolduc, evenly poised in the contest. Despite Hassan
outspending Bolduc by a whopping $9 million during the third quarter.
Previously, Hassan had a lead of a wider margin of at least 7 percentage points over Bolduc. That was the
phase when pollsters are not reflecting but influencing the minds of voters. But now that the election date is a few weeks away the same polling firms, in order to retain some credibility are being factual.
Bolduc, a retired Army general, won the Republican nomination last month over the establishment favorite and state Senate President Chuck Morse, after being
endorsed by President Trump.
So is this $5.6 withdrawal important?
Big spending doesn’t always lead to big victories.
If that were the case, Jeb Bush, who spent around
$130 million on his primary campaign, would have been the GOP Presidential nominee in 2016 while Mike
Bloomberg, who spent $900 million on his campaign, would have been the Democrat Presidential nominee in 2020.
However, for newer candidates with lesser name recognition, funding is critical.
Hassan could fund attack adverts against Bolduc and if Bolduc is unable to respond, it could convince a small but important section of low-information voters to choose Hassan. Quite often elections are decided by a small section of voters.
It is hence quite unpardonable for McConnell to withdraw funds at such a crucial juncture.
Where is McConnell spending his funds?
Why of course in Alaska on Sen. Lisa Murkowski who running against Trump-endorsed GOP challenger Kelly Tshibaka.
McConnell's PAC is spending about $9 million on Murkowski.
Murkowski voted to impeach Trump in the Senate and
voted 66.7% with Biden, a high number for a Republican. She voted to send billions of tax dollars in aid to Ukraine and myriad other Democrat-backed bills. She also voted to approve most nominations of Biden’s cabinet members and even his Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Murkowski recently revealed that she will vote for Democrat House candidate Rep. Mary Peltola over GOP challenger former Gov. Sarah Palin during the midterms.
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