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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A group affiliated with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reserved $6 million worth of TV airtime in Nevada ahead of the November elections.
The Senate Leadership Fund announced the reservation on Tuesday, along with reservations in four other states where vulnerable Republican senators up for re-election.
Republicans are supporting Rep. Joe Heck in a highly competitive Nevada Senate race to replace Sen. Harry Reid. A Heck victory could flip the seat from Democratic to Republican hands and help the GOP retain its majority.
Outside groups are already active in the race. A conservative PAC affiliated with the Koch brothers is launching $1.2 million in ads Wednesday attacking Heck's Democratic rival, Catherine Cortez Masto, over her legal challenge of ride-hailing service Uber while she was Nevada's attorney general.
A group linked to Karl Rove is running a $2.3 million ad campaign promoting Heck's military career and work with veterans.
On the Democratic side, the Senate Majority PAC has reserved $8.5 million in airtime and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee reserved $4 million.
Groups can cancel their TV reservations, but they try to make them early before rates go up, especially in battleground states such as Nevada where they'll have to compete with presidential ads.
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