Republican-Tied Super PACs Spend Over $1 Million in 4 Democratic Primaries

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 12

$1 million-plus in spending by Republican-tied super PACs has targeted at least four Democratic House primaries, aiming to boost candidates seen as easier general-election opponents.
Three of the four interventions seek to undercut Democrats in the party’s “red to blue” program, including centrist contenders backed by the Blue Dogs in races viewed as pivotal to House control.
The ads are running in Texas, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, while a separate super PAC aligned with House Republicans has mailed pro-progressive messages in a California Central Valley contest.
Republicans privately see portraying Democrats as extremists as a path to keeping the House, and Democrat Adam Gray called the spending a “callous political ploy” showing fear of moderate challengers.

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