• FL-Sen: Americans for Prosperity is up with what they say is a seven-figure ad buy arguing that Democrat Patrick Murphy cast votes to help his special interest allies.
• IL-Sen: Independent Voice for Illinois spends $110,000 once again arguing that Democrat Tammy Duckworth is weak on national security issues, while Republican Sen. Mark Kirk is better.
• IN-Sen: Democrat Evan Bayh says that he was never a lobbyist and stresses his record. The spot concludes with a shot of Bayh throwing a basketball backwards without looking, and one of his sons catches it mid air and dunks it. The Senate Leadership Fund hits Bayh for voting for Obamacare.
• LA-Sen: Republican Charles Boustany stresses his roots in Louisiana.
• MO-Sen: On Monday, the DSCC announced that they would spend $1 million here, making them the first major Democratic group to start spending in this race. Now, End Citizens United is joining them, and they’ve launched a $770,000 buy that will last until Sept. 27. Their spot contrasts Democrat Jason Kander’s decision to enlist in the military after 9/11 with Republican Sen. Roy Blunt’s posh DC life. The Senate Leadership Fund, which reserved $2.5 million in Missouri months ago, has two spots (here and here). Both ads argue that Kander is pretending not to be a liberal.
• NC-Sen: In the first spot in their $8.1 million campaign, Senate Leadership Fund says that Democrat Deborah Ross voted to make community college more expensive.
• NH-Sen: Senate Leadership Fund, under the name Granite State Solutions, attacks Democrat Maggie Hassan’s record as governor, arguing that she repeatedly tried to pass higher taxes and more spending.
• OH-Sen: Republican Sen. Rob Portman highlights his support from the state teamsters union.
• PA-Sen: Republican Sen. Pat Toomey says that Democrat Katie McGinty pushed a tax increase and wants one even larger than Hillary Clinton. Americans for Prosperity is out with a $1.1 million spot arguing McGinty got rich after sending taxpayer money to failed companies.
• IN-Gov: Democrat John Gregg features several men in suits kicking footballs as Gregg explains that for too long, the state’s leaders have punted on education, and argues Republican Eric Holcomb wants to keep punting.
• MO-Gov: Several veterans praise Republican Eric Greitens’ work on his non-profit and push back on unnamed attacks from Democrat Chris Koster.
• NC-Sen: Democrat Roy Cooper decries the state of education in North Carolina.
• VT-Gov: In her first general election ad, Democrat Sue Minter focuses on education and jobs.
• AK-AL: In his first ad, Democrat Steve Lindbeck decries Republican Rep. Don Young’s ethics issues. Lindbeck says that Young took $300,000 for a Louisiana company then did nothing when they threatened to outsource Alaska jobs to Louisiana, memorably declaring that “the Don Young of 40 years ago would have fought like hell for those jobs. I will.” Politico says the campaign is putting $57,000 behind the spot.
• CA-24: Democrat Salud Carbajal stresses his work helping veterans. Republican Justin Fareed features him on a horse again, and talks up his local roots.
• CA-52: In his first spot, Democratic Rep. Scott Peters talks about student loan debt.
• FL-18: Democrat Randy Perkins has two ads (here and here) featuring him with his daughters talking about his business record running a disaster relief company and his hard work. The NRCC argues that Perkins got rich through other people’s misery and accuses him of scamming a school district, though they don’t provide any details about that explosive charge.
• IA-01: House Majority PAC says that Republican Rep. Rod Blum wants to privatize Social Security and cut benefits. The NRCC, which until recently was reluctant to help Blum, says that Democrat Monica Vernon tried to increase taxes while raising her own salary.
• IA-03: The NRCC says Democrat Jim Mowrer backs “the death tax” and “crushing EPA regulations.”
• ME-02: In her first ad, Democrat Emily Cain stresses her work in the legislature and says she even worked with GOP Gov. Paul LePage to cut taxes.
• MI-01: Democrat Lon Johnson talks about defending Social Security, the Second Amendment. The NRCC says that Johnson actually lives in an expensive penthouse in Detroit rather than in the Upper Peninsula.
• MN-03: In her first ad, Democrat Terri Bonoff talks about her background. She concludes that “we need to step up and stand up to Donald Trump,” which really comes out of nowhere.
• MT-AL: Democrat Denise Juneau vows to protect public lands.
• NY-01: In his first ad, Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin highlights his military career and record in Congress. The narrator praises Zeldin for introducing legislation “keeping weapons out of the hands of terrorists,” though he never says if that legislation actually went anywhere.
• NY-22: Republican Claudia Tenney’s first ad features her on a motorcycle as the narrator praises her for fighting corruption in the legislature. The NRCC goes after Democrat Kim Myers on education, arguing she voted to slash school jobs while increasing the superintendent’s pay.
• WI-08: Republican Mike Gallagher says that Democrat Tom Nelson wanted higher taxes on Social Security and lied about Gallagher’s record.