• FL-Sen: The NRSC is out with a Spanish version of their spot accusing Democrat Patrick Murphy of lying about his resume.
• IN-Sen: The NRA is spending $644,000 arguing that Democrat Evan Bayh voted to ban hunting rifles and ammunition the last time he was in the Senate, and that he voted for two anti-gun U.S. Supreme Court justices. The narrator warns that if he goes back, “You can kiss your gun rights Bayh Bayh.”
• MO-Sen: The NRA is out with a response commercial to the already famous spot from Democrat Jason Kander that featured him assembling a rifle while blindfolded. The NRA features footage from that Kander ad, and the narrator immediately declares, “Jason Kander has a blindfold. And he has a good trick with his gun. But he’s not telling the truth about your gun.” After arguing that Kander voted against gun rights in the legislature, she implores the audience not to let Kander “put a blindfold on you.” That’s certainly a lot more clever than Republican Sen. Roy Blunt’s somewhat-chaotic response ad. Also for Team Red, the Senate Leadership Fund argues that Kander is a liberal on taxes, immigration, and Obamacare.
On the other side, End Citizens United is out with their second commercial in a $770,000 ad campaign. They continue a theme from a recent DSCC ad and note that Blunt’s wife and three kids are lobbyists, and they argue he’s voted against lobbying reform. AFSCME and VoteVets are spending another $782,000 to keep airing a commercial arguing that, while Kander served in Afghanistan, Blunt has voted against helping veterans.
• NV-Sen: Freedom Partners spends $1.2 million arguing that Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto didn’t do enough to stop a guardianship program that actually exploited seniors when she was state attorney general. Senate Majority PAC spends $500,000 saying that Republican Joe Heck backs policies that help the Koch brothers, and in return, they fund his campaign.
• OH-Sen: Democrat Ted Strickland features a veteran arguing that Republican Sen. Rob Portman voted against laws that make it harder for terrorists to get guns.
• PA-Sen: The NRSC continues to portray Democrat Katie McGinty as a corrupt bureaucrat who went to for a company that she gave taxpayer money to. Freedom Partners spends $1 million arguing that McGinty backed a massive tax increase.
• WI-Sen: Republican Sen. Ron Johnson goes positive and highlights his work on a project to help train people and lift them out of poverty.