July 23, 2008 - 3:53pm
Senate ads starting as national money flows into Maine campaigns
By Jessica AlaimoU.S. Sen. Susan Collins has two ads that will start airing tonight. In the ads she talks about her bipartisan record.
In addition, the National Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has made a $5 million ad buy in the state to support Collins’ Democratic opponent Tom Allen, AdAge reported this week.
The DSCC is also contributing thousands to Maine’s Democratic State Committee, which funds their coordinated campaign. As of the last finance report, the DSCC had given $460,425 to the committee. The Democratic National Committee has given $24,800 to the party.
Maine’s Democratic Coordinated Campaign has 25 offices and about 50 paid staffers.
Maine’s Republican Party is also seeing federal money, albeit far less. The Republican National Committee has given them $26,500
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