Republican candidates turn to their wives to defend abortion

While Republicans are almost exclusively on the offensive against Democrats, they remain on the defensive on the abortion issue just before Labor Day.

According to data from AdImpact, Democrats have already spent nearly $13 million on ads focused on abortion rights and attacking their opponents on the issue in contested Senate elections. According to Dobbs, the issue was a crucial one that helped Democrats defend all incumbents in 2022 and flip the open Senate race in Pennsylvania, and polls have shown it to be a key motivator in driving independent voters to Democrats in Senate elections.

In Nevada – where our Swing State Project poll last week showed Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen’s lead growing, driven by a sharp shift in the electoral vote towards her – Republican Army veteran Sam Brown is trying to defuse the problem.

Since Brown won the Republican primary on June 11, Rosen has spent a whopping $10 million on the radio stations, while Brown, who needed to replenish his coffers after the primaries, has largely stayed in the background. Many of Rosen’s spots – worth $4.7 million so far – hit brutally