A DCCC ad attacking Paulsen

A DCCC ad attacking Paulsen

The National Republican Congressional Committee has continued to cut back on its planned TV advertising buys in Minnesota, with a second week of ads canceled in the 3rd Congressional District and a week called off for the first time in the 6th as well. That’s the situation at KSTP and, according to MPR’s Polinaut blog, at WCCO and KARE, as well. At KSTP-TV alone, a Minnesota Indendent review shows that the two weeks of canceled 3rd district ads, covering Oct. 14–27, had been valued at nearly $60,000.

Meanwhile at smaller stations like KSTC (Channel 45) and WUCW (The CW), the NRCC never reserved ad time in the first place, leaving the campaign of Republican state Rep. Erik Paulsen on its own with ad buys only for the week before Election Day: $1,550 at KSTC and $2,675 at WUCW (where DFLer Ashwin Madia’s campaign has also bought time). But no 3rd district campaign is spending nearly as much as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: nearly $12,000 for ad time Oct. 7–Nov. 3.

Another group running ads attacking Paulsen is Health Care for America Now, which is spending nearly $87,775 at KSTP-TV and $4,675 at WUCW for ads running Oct. 8–14.

The NRCC’s still has reservations for 3rd and 6th district ads at KSTP in the final week of the campaign. The organization canceled its ad time on behalf of U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the week of Oct. 20–26.