Republicans Pull Money From North Carolina Senate Race As Midterm Prospects Dim
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As the Republicans try to hold their majority, the Senate Leadership Fund is diverting resources to Kansas, which has become a growing concern for the party.
Listen · 4:03 min Share full article Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate for Senate in North Carolina, has consistently trailed his Democratic opponent in the polls. Credit... Kenny Holston/The New York Times By Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
At the same time, the super PAC, called the Senate Leadership Fund, is making its first investment of the cycle in Kansas — a sign of rising concern among Republicans in red states — with a new ad attacking the Democratic nominee there.
If Republicans lose North Carolina, it would give Democrats one of the four seats they need to flip the Senate in the fall — if Democrats hold all of their own seats.
Ad cancellations are a common, and very telling, move down the stretch of campaigns as they reveal where national operatives see their best path to a majority. The cancellation of the North Carolina ads was first reported by Semafor and confirmed by two people familiar with the decision.
The North Carolina seat is currently held by Senator Thom Tillis, a Republican who is retiring. Democrats nominated Roy Cooper, a popular former governor who had served two terms. The Republican nominee is Michael Whatley, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
The Senate Leadership Fund declined to comment.
“Undecided voters who break late decide the election in North Carolina and the majority of those late-breakers typically go Republican,” said DJ Griffin, a spokesman for Mr. Whatley, adding he was “confident we have the resources to highlight career politician Roy Cooper’s 40 years of failures.”
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