GOP Buyer's Blunder Sends Susan Collins ad Money to Wrong Portland
The group spent $20,000 to $25,000 on the ad, but Google data shows it ran in hundreds of ZIP codes across Oregon and Washington.
- On Monday, the Defending Main Street SuperPAC mistakenly targeted voters in Portland, Oregon, with attack ads meant for Portland, Maine, creating an embarrassing mix-up in audience selection.
- Affiliated with the Republican Main Street Partnership, the group launched the campaign to attack Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson over taxes, describing itself as the most effective independent expenditure organization supporting the governing wing of the Republican Party.
- Google data shows the ad appeared more than 1 million times in Oregon, costing the PAC between $20,000 and $25,000, after an X user first reported seeing multiple anti-Jackson ads.
- Sarah Chamberlain, CEO of the Republican Main Street Partnership, said she was "absolutely furious" about the ad buyer's mistake; the ad was pulled in Oregon and the PAC received a refund.
- The high-profile race between Jackson and incumbent Sen. Susan Collins remains tight with recent polls showing a slim edge, as Maine has become one of the top locations for political spending this cycle.
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Whoops! GOP blows money airing attack ads in the wrong state.
A Republican super PAC aiming to save vulnerable GOP Sen. Susan Collins in Maine spent tens of thousands of dollars airing an ad that seeks to attack her opponent, Democrat Troy Jackson, for his record on taxes.
OOPS: GOP Runs Pro-Collins Ads In Wrong Portland
NBC News reports: A Republican political group accidentally spent nearly $25,000 running ads to help Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in Portland. Portland, Oregon, that is. Not Portland, Maine. The ad was made by Defending Main Street SuperPAC Inc., which is linked to the center-right Republican Main Street Partnership. It goes after Maine Democratic nominee Troy … The post OOPS: GOP Runs Pro-Collins Ads In Wrong Portland appeared first on Joe.My.G…
Pro-Susan Collins PAC runs ads in Portland, Oregon, not Portland, Maine
A super PAC affiliated with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) says it’s getting a full refund after a vendor mistakenly placed ads attacking her Democratic opponent, Troy Jackson, in the wrong state. Defending Main Street PAC earmarked around $25,000 for digital advertising that was accidentally spent in Portland, Oregon, instead of Collins’s home state of Maine, […]
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