Leading Off:
• OK-Gov: This I didn't expect. The RGA has a spot out in Oklahoma, where Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has generally been seen as safe. The first half ties Democrat Joe Dorman to Obama, while the second part praises Fallin as an effective conservative.
A few weeks ago there were some polls showing a closer-than-expected contest. A Sooner Poll from early September showed Fallin leading by 18 points, indicating that Fallin was doing fine. The fact that the RGA is bothering to spend here so late in the game may be a sign that they think things are a lot more competitive though. We'll definitely want to see if anyone else gets involved in this contest.
Read below the fold for more campaign ads.
Senate:
• AK-Sen: Republican Dan Sullivan gets some praise from Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The Democratic group Put Alaska First also spends $503,000 here.
• AR-Sen: The DSCC continues to hit Republican Tom Cotton for his vote against the Farm Bill, accusing him of hurting farmers. On the GOP side, Freedom Partners hits Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor on the VA scandal. The group recently spent $297,000 here.
• CO-Sen: The SEIU, NEA, and DSCC each go up for Team Blue in Spanish language spots. The first two hit Republican Cory Gardner while the DSCC ad praises Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. The size of the buy for the NEA spot is $200,000.
On the GOP side, the NRSC has their own Spanish-language ad out. Freedom Partners has an English spot, hitting Udall on Obamacare.
• IA-Sen: Freedom Partners does a compare and contrast between Republican Joni Ernst (who they like) and Democrat Bruce Braley (who they don't like). Freedom Partners is spending $399,000 here.
• KS-Sen: Freedom Partners spends $260,000 against independent Greg Orman, and there's a lot more to come.
• KY-Sen: Democrat Alison Grimes hits Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell for voting against raising the minimum wage, equal pay, and job training for veterans.
• LA-Sen: The DSCC accuses Republican Bill Cassidy of trying to replace Medicare with a voucher system.
• MI-Sen: A group called B-PAC has two spots (here and here) hitting Democrat Gary Peters, tying him to the Obama Administration. Ending Spending also goes after Peters, accusing him of increasing American debt to China.
• NC-Sen: We have the size of the buy for a recent Carolina Rising spot supporting Republican Thom Tillis: a hefty $2 million.
• NH-Sen: Ending Spending spends $700,000 once again accusing Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of being a corrupt Obama-loving townhall dodger.
• SD-Sen: Two 15-second spots from Democrat Rick Weiland (here and here). The first hits Republican Mike Rounds for wanting tax cuts for the rich. The second brings up Rounds' troubles with EB-5 visas, where Rounds allegedly helped sell immigration visas to the highest bidders (see here for background).
• NRSC: Various expenditures.
Gubernatorial:
• AR-Gov: The RGA paints Democrat Mike Ross as a wasteful spender.
• CO-Gov: The pro-Democratic Make Colorado Great accuses Republican Bob Beauprez of profiting off his own failed bank.
• CT-Gov: Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy goes positive, stressing his triumph over adversity and investments in education.
• FL-Gov: The Florida Republican Party ties Democrat Charlie Crist to Obamacare. Crist himself has two spots (here and here). The first hits Republican Gov. Rick Scott for Medicare fraud; the second is positive, with Crist touting his bipartisan credentials.
• IL-Gov: Two new spots from Republican Bruce Rauner (here and here). The first is a Spanish spot. The second has a long clip of the late Harold Washington, the first African-American mayor of Chicago, dissing fellow Democrat and incumbent governor Pat Quinn.
• ME-Gov: Planned Parenthood hits Republican Paul LePage on women's health care, while praising Democrat Mike Michaud.
• MI-Gov: The RGA ties Democrat Mark Schauer to Obamacare.
• MN-Gov: Republican Jeff Johnson portrays Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton as someone who wastes money.
• SC-Gov: Republican Gov. Nikki Haley emphasizes education funding, while Democrat Vincent Sheheen accuses Haley of ignoring problems at the Department of Social Services.
House:
• CA-36: Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz calls for protecting Social Security and Medicare.
• FL-18: Yet another ad for Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy.
• GA-12: Democratic Rep. John Barrow continues to stress his conservative credentials, while Republican Rick Allen ties Barrow to Obama.
• IL-10: Two new spots for Republican Bob Dold (here and here)! In the first commercial, Dold portrays himself as a moderate problem solver, while casting Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider as an ineffective partisan. The second ad features Dold's sister praising him for respecting women's health decisions. For his part, Schneider ties Dold to national Republicans.
• MA-06: Democrat Seth Moulton.
• MI-07: Democrat Pam Byrnes.
• NE-02: The NRCC reserves $730,000 here to help bail out endangered Republican Rep. Lee Terry. I doubt Greg Walden is happy about having to spend this much in a Romney 53-46 seat.
• NH-02: Republican Marilinda Garcia.
• NJ-03: Republican Tom MacArthur portrays himself as a self-made businessman.
• NY-01: Republican Lee Zeldin goes positive on education and equal pay.
• NY-19: Republican Rep. Chris Gibson.
• WV-03: Republican Evan Jenkins accuses Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall of not standing up for coal miners.
• DCCC: We have new Democratic spots in CO-06, IA-03, IL-17, and TX-23. We also have various expenditures.
• NRCC: Various expenditures.
• Chamber: The deep pocked U.S. Chamber of Commerce goes up for the GOP in NY-19, NY-21, PA-06, and VA-10.