Leading off:
• AZ-Gov: The RGA has been hitting Democrat Paul DuVal since the late August Republican primary ended, and now national Democrats are entering the fray. During the primary, eventually winner Doug Ducey's opponents attacked his business career at Cold Stone Creamery: While that wasn't enough to stop Ducey in August, national Democrats are picking up this line of attack and running with it.
Restore Arizona's Future, a DGA-aligned group, accuses Ducey of using dishonest business practices to lure potential Cold Stone franchise owners. When things went south, the narrator claims that Ducey cut them loose, causing them to lose everything: Ducey then started over with a new group.
Arizona has generally been seen as a potentially competitive race, but one that Team Red is favored to hold. The Democrats' decision to invest here isn't too surprising but it is still notable. Both parties evidently thing they have a shot here and are likely to keep working hard to win this open seat race.
Senate:
• AR-Sen: Freedom Partners goes after Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor on Obamacare.
• CO-Sen: The SEIU spends $253,000 on a Spanish-language spot against Republican Rep. Cory Gardner. NextGen Climate spends another $217,000 against Gardner.
• GA-Sen: Republican David Perdue is out with his first general election commercial. Perdue spends about half the spot attacking Democrat Michelle Nunn, borrowing snippets from Nunn's leaked campaign memo for his attack lines. The rest of the ad is boring positive "Perdue is a businessman" boilerplate.
The NRSC also hits Nunn on immigration. There's no narration, just clips of Nunn saying a few generically nice things about Obama as scary music plays and text appears on the screen.
• KY-Sen: This ad from Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is quite condescending.
• MI-Sen: The DSCC continues to tie Republican Terrri Lynn Land to the Koch brothers, again citing pollution from the Koch's projects in the state. Democratic Rep. Gary Peters goes positive, stressing his military service.
• NH-Sen: Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen portrays Republican Scott Brown as a corporate sellout.
• OR-Sen: Well, this is something you don't see everyday. Republican Monica Wehby's spot features Ben West, who was one of the plaintiffs in the successful lawsuit against Oregon's same-sex marriage ban. West describes Wehby as a leader who will stand up for equality, the unemployed, and the next generation.
Gubernatorial:
• AR-Gov: The RGA ties Democrat Mike Ross to Mike Ross to Nancy Pelosi, before going positive for Asa Hutchinson. In recent weeks, Pelosi has started to appear more and more in GOP campaign ads. It's unclear if she still resonates with voters four years after losing the speakership, but the Republicans seem to be betting big that she does.
• CT-Gov: Connecticut Forward hits Republican Tom Foley's job record.
• FL-Gov: Democrat Charlie Crist attacks Republican Gov. Rick Scott on abortion.
• GA-Gov: Democrat Jason Carter decries the state of Georgia's public education, and promises to protect schools.
• IL-Gov: That didn't take long. A few days ago, an old radio interview with Republican Bruce Rauner resurfaced, where Rauner called for eliminating the state minimum wage. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has a new spot hitting Rauner over it.
• ME-Gov: The RGA continues to help out the very vulnerable Republican Gov. Paul LePage. This time they praise LePage's work on welfare and fighting domestic violence.
• SC-Gov: Republican Nikki Haley ties Democrat Vincent Sheheen to labor groups.
• WI-Gov: The RGA portrays Democrat Mary Burke as a tax-loving jobs-hating libural. The ad throws in a jab at Occupy Wall Street, which is a bit weird since they haven't been in the news in years.
House:
• AZ-01: Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick uses her first spot to decry Congress, while portraying herself as different.
• FL-02: Democrat Gwen Graham emphasizes jobs.
• FL-18: Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy compares Congress to fish, which is one of the nicer things they've been called in recent years. Murphy continues to stress his independence from party politics.
• MI-01: Republican Rep. Dan Benishek has a local businessman decrying Obamacare.
• MI-07: Republican Rep. Tim Walberg talks about improving education. A little weirdly, the spot begins with a Facebook comment asking Walberg what he's doing on education. I guess it's supposed to show he's cool?
• NY-18: House Majority PAC spends $146,000 tying Republican Nan Hayworth to big insurance companies.
• NY-23: Republican Rep. Tom Reed continues to portray Democrat Martha Robertson as an "extreme Ithica liberal." This time Reed's camp forgoes portraying her as a hippie, but spot is still a bit weird. As a record labeled "Ithica Liberal Records Most Extreme Hits Vol #1" with Robertson's face on it spins, the attacks begin.
The ad first hits Robertson for calling climate change "the very most important issue," then features Robertson declaring she'll vote for Pelosi for speaker. The spot then features a clip of Robertson calling for "total single payer" heath care (which the narrator oh so helpfully tells us is "total government controlled healthcare). The spot ends with a context-less clip of Robertson saying "Our taxes will go up". All in all, not exactly the most persuasive stuff.
• VA-10: Democrat John Foust uses his first spot to promote his work in cutting government waste in Fairfax County.
• DCCC: National Democrats are airing new spots in AZ-02, IA-03, and NY-01. Only IA-03 is Republican-held.
• NRSC: National Republicans are running new spots in AZ-02, FL-02, GA-12, IA-03, IL-12, MN-07, MN-08, NY-01, and WV-03. All of them except FL-02 are Democratic-held. Politico has the size of the buy for each spot.