Leading Off:
• NC-Sen: It's been a while since we've seen too many anti-same-sex marriage ads in a general election, even in red states. But the National Organization of Marriage is quickly running out of reasons to exist, so they're hitting Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan for voting to confirm a judge who later struck down the state's ban. The judge was confirmed by the Senate 96-0 so this is, of course, a stupid line of attack, but NOM is not exactly the most pragmatic group out there.
Also for the GOP, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has an ad starring Mitt Romney saying some generic nice things about Republican Thom Tillis. The chamber's last ad here starred country music star Randy Owen but there's no singing from Mitt in this spot, which is probably for the best. We also have GOP expenditures from the chamber and Crossroads GPS.
Head below the fold for a roundup of ads from races across the country.
Senate:
• AK-Sen: The NRSC continues to go after Democratic Sen. Mark Begich's time as mayor of Anchorage, while Put Alaska First spends $807,000 for Team Blue.
• CO-Sen: We have new expenditures for the Democrats from the League of Conservation Voters and NARAL. NARAL also runs an ad hitting Republican Cory Gardner on climate change and birth control. The narrator tells viewers that if Gardner wins they "better stock up on condoms" and the spot features a (fully clothed) couple in bed reaching for a condom only to find it's just a wrapper: This is definitely much more explicit than most political spots ever get.
• GA-Sen: Patriot Majority against Republican David Perdue.
• IA-Sen: Democratic expenditures from the NEA and NextGen Climate.
• KS-Sen: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce promotes Republican Sen. Pat Roberts as a strong leader in tough times, while Freedom Partners tells voters that a vote for independent Greg Orman is a vote for Obama. The size of the buy for Freedom Partners is $589,000.
On the other side, Mayday PAC features self-described Republicans saying they can't vote for Roberts.
• KY-Sen: GOP expenditures from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition.
• LA-Sen: Crossroads GPS airs another ad tethering Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu to Obama. Ten more and Karl Rove gets a set of stake knives. We also have a $467,000 expenditure from them.
• MN-Sen: Few Democrats are worried about this race, but Alliance for a Better Minnesota spends $546,000 for Democratic Sen. Al Franken.
• SD-Sen: Mayday PAC features a Republican rancher saying he can't vote for GOP nominee Mike Rounds.
Gubernatorial:
• CT-Gov: The DGA continues to portray Republican Tom Foley as Ebenezer Scrooge Jr.
• HI-Gov: While some recent polls have looked good for Democrat David Ige, the DGA is still running another ad- and given how unpredictable Hawaii polling is, can you blame them?
• KS-Gov: Ah, that's the stuff. Republicans ran a string of ads against Democrat Paul Davis without mentioning Obama, but the RGA is busting out the old hits.
• ME-Gov: The RGA has been running quite a few ads in this tight race, and their latest stars Barbara Bush. The spot continues the GOP's theme of arguing that while Republican Gov. Paul LePage is an asshole, he's Maine's asshole.
• MI-Gov: The RGA lists all the things they say Democrat Mark Schauer voted to tax.
• RI-Gov: With the open seat race in the Ocean State not looking as secure for Team Blue as it once did, the DGA is spending $250,000. They have two new ads (here and here) praising Democrat Gina Raimondo and going after Republican Allan Fung's service as mayor of Cranston.
House:
• CA-07: American Crossroads continues to drop money against Democratic Rep. Ami Bera in this very expensive race.
• CA-52: American Unity PAC casts Democratic Rep. Scott Peters as fiscally irresponsible while praising Republican Carl DeMaio for his work on San Diego's pension crisis.
• GA-12: Patriot Majority contrasts Democratic Rep. John Barrow with Republican Rick Allen, describing Allen as a shady businessman.
• IA-03: Mayday PAC against Republican David Young.
• MA-09: American Unity PAC is the first outside group to run any real ads in this Cape Cod area seat, where Republican John Chapman is hoping to upset Democratic Rep. Bill Keating. The narrator argues that Keating is a do-nothing partisan, while Chapman is a problem solver.
• MI-06: Mayday PAC throws another $650,000 at Republican Rep. Fred Upton. Their spot promotes Democrat Paul Clements.
• NE-02: The DCCC goes after Republican Rep. Lee Terry's time in Congress, with an obligatory shot at his insensitive comments during the shutdown.
• NY-18: Republican Nan Hayworth features her openly gay son defending her from Democratic attempts to portray her as an extremist.
• NY-24: American Unity PAC stars Rudy Giuliani saying nice things about Republican John Katko.
• American Unity PAC: Pro-GOP expenditures.
• DCCC: Democratic expenditures.
• NRCC: Pro-GOP ads in AZ-01; CA-07; CA-52; FL-02; GA-12; IL-10; IL-12; IA-03; MN-07; and MN-08. None of these targets are at all surprising, and eight of the ten districts are Democratic.
We also have their expenditures.