• AZ-Sen: Republican Sen. John McCain continues to attack Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick on Obamacare.
• FL-Sen: On his first general election ad, Democrat Patrick Murphy attacks Republican incumbent Marco Rubio’s weak Senate attendance while highlighting his record protecting women’s healthcare and Medicare. The NRSC argues that Murphy embellished his resume. The Koch brothers’ LIBRE Initiative is putting $700,000 behind a spot in English and Spanish that says that Murphy voted for laws that helped his family’s company and his allies, while Rubio stands up for the state.
• IA-Sen: At the end of an otherwise unmemorable ad from Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley promoting his work on local wind energy, Grassley himself appears at the top of a wind turbine.
• IN-Sen: Democrat Evan Bayh describes how he worked with then-GOP Sen. Richard Lugar to save Indiana auto jobs during the Great Recession, and says that Republican Todd Young opposed the plan. The narrator argues that Young called saving the jobs a waste, and the commercial then features a clip of Young declaring, “What a waste. All the more reason to let it go belly up.”
• LA-Sen: Rep. John Fleming, one of several Republicans competing in the November jungle primary, is launching a “seven-figure” ad campaign. The commercial is very similar to a biographical ad that Fleming ran in April that promotes his humble origins, military and medical careers, and conservative record. This time, he doesn’t brag that he helped force John Boehner out of the speakership. Fleming doesn’t appear to have run any commercials between April and now.
• NC-Sen: Democrat Deborah Ross argues that Republican Sen. Richard Burr wants to privatize Medicare, a plan that she says will help his donors and hurt seniors.
• NH-Sen: Democrat Maggie Hassan links Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte to special interests, saying the incumbent puts their agenda over New Hampshire.
• NV-Sen: In a Spanish ad, Senate Majority PAC links Republican Joe Heck to Donald Trump.
• PA-Sen: Democrat Katie McGinty argues that Republican incumbent Pat Toomey voted against closing a loophole that makes it easier for terrorists to buy guns. The League of Conservation Voters adds another $1 million to an ad campaign tying Toomey to big oil, bringing the total size of the buy to $1.4 million.
• NC-Gov: Republican Gov. Pat McCrory continues to dig in and defend HB2, the state’s notorious anti-LGBT law that requires individuals to use restrooms in government buildings that correspond with the sex shown on their birth certificates rather than the gender they identify with. This time, McCrory argues that “other folks were actually pushing to make our schools allow boys to use the girls’ locker rooms and showers.” McCrory tells the audience that privacy and safety comes before political correctness. The RGA says that Democrat Roy Cooper did a poor job as state attorney general.
• CA-07: Both candidates are out with their first spots. Democratic Rep. Ami Bera argues that he’s fought for healthcare in Congress. Republican Scott Jones, the Sacramento County sheriff, describes how a deported man came back to the US and killed two of his deputies, and pledges to close the “end the revolving door to our borders.”
• CA-36: In his first general election ad, Democratic Rep. Raul Ruiz references ads from past cycles. Ruiz shows an old clip where he told the audience that he still drives the car he got in medical school because he didn’t become a doctor to get a fancy vehicle, and that he isn’t running for Congress to get a tax-payer funded ride. Present-day Ruiz says he still has that car and the only thing that’s changed is he has two young children now.
• CO-06: In her first spot, Democrat Morgan Carroll pledges to fight to make college more affordable and notes how she worked to put herself through school.
• IN-02: Democrat Lynn Coleman talks about his time on the South Bend police force and calls for sending more regular people to DC.
• MN-08: The NRCC argues that Democratic Rep. Rick Nolan repeatedly voted against pay raises for soldiers while voting to raise his own salary. The spot has an actor portraying Nolan falling asleep in front of the TV as the narrator describes how “comfortable” he is in Congress, which is slightly more-subtle that yelling, "Rick Nolan is old!”
• NE-02: Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford has two new spots (here and here). His first commercial highlights Ashford’s record on national security, noting he “stood up to my own party” to oppose the Iran nuclear deal and closing the Guantanamo Bay prison. In his second spot, Ashford says that he donates ten percent of his congressional salary to pay for scholarships.
• NV-03: In his first general election ad, Republican Danny Tarkanian highlights his family’s record helping Nevada’s youth. There’s a picture of what looks like a younger Tarkanian with his father, the late UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, and the spot ends with the candidate standing in front of several kids on a basketball court.
• NY-03: Republican Jack Martins is out with his first two ads (here and here). The first spots feature Martins with his daughters where he calls for equal pay and tax cuts. The second ad also features Martins and his daughters as he talks about equal pay for women.
• NY-22: Democrat Kim Myers is out with her first three commercials (here, here, and here). Myers promotes her work growing her family’s company, Dick’s Sporting Goods, local roots, and work in the community.
• NY-24: Democrat Colleen Deacon talks about her work helping local businesses while working for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and pledges to close tax loopholes.
• PA-08: In his first general election ad, Democrat Steve Santarsiero promotes his record in the legislature and refusal to take perks.