Democrats’ Senate Majority PAC is pulling advertising funding from Georgia’s U.S. Senate race, as it pours the PAC’s war chest into what it sees as flip opportunities in red states while also sending a vote of confidence to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) as he works to defend his seat.
Ossoff is facing Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) as he seeks to defend his seat in a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024. But despite Georgia flipping red two years ago, Democrats feel confident about Ossoff’s chances heading into November due to his adept fundraising skills, a series of controversies surrounding Collins’s orbiters, and election forecasters shifting the race in Ossoff’s favor.
“Senate Majority PAC will continue to monitor this race closely but has made the decision to remove its week 3 ad spending,” Senate Majority PAC said in a statement on the Georgia race. “Senator Ossoff continues to have a competitive lead in the polls, bolstered by his broad appeal to independent and swing voters who want a senator who will fight to lower costs.”
The race’s polling has consistently shown incumbent Ossoff leading by single-digit margins, with Cook Political Report listing the race as “likely Democratic.” Ossoff sits with over $42.5 million in cash on hand, while Collins lags behind with over $2 million, according to the latest FEC reports.
Despite Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) heading down to Georgia to campaign with Collins recently, the Senate Leadership Fund, affiliated with Republican Senate leadership, has pulled some funding out of Georgia while Collins’s campaign has stumbled and shifted the cash to other campaigns, such as the South Carolina and Texas Senate races.
“Mike Collins is floundering and Republicans have all but stopped spending in Georgia,” Senate Majority PAC said in its statement.
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The Democratic PAC move comes as the group has also shifted ad funding away from North Carolina’s Senate race, signaling confidence for former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, while funneling money to red states such as Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas.
The Washington Examiner has reached out to Collins’s and Ossoff’s campaigns for comment.
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