October 8, 2024, Presidential Campaign News

Presidential election advertising dominated the first week of October as Democrats outspent Republicans by $88.9 million to $51.3 million, for a total of more than $140 million in ads that the Attract voters in just seven days.

Meanwhile, there has also been a continued flood of ad dollars in several votes that could be crucial in the battle for control of Congress, and the top targets show how each party is strategizing and strategizing ahead of the final four-week sprint Resources managed.

Here's a quick look at some of these top competitions:

Top race in the Senate

Ohio's Senate election saw the most advertising spending other than the presidential election, totaling just over $39 million in the first week of October, and Republicans outspent Democrats there by about $21.3 million to $17.7 million. Dollar.

The Pennsylvania Senate race ranked 3rd in ad spending in the first week of October (2nd, excluding the presidential election), and the parties were about even on the Keystone State radio: Republicans spent about 10.1 million US -Dollars, Democrats spent about $9.9 million during that period.

Another key Senate race in Montana ranked 4th in total ad spending for the week (3rd excluding the presidential election) as Democrats defend Sen. Jon Tester against strong political headwinds in the typically red state. The contest brought in $18.2 million in advertising in the first week of the month, and Democrats narrowly outspent Republicans by $9.5 million to $8.7 million.

Four other key Senate races also saw more than $10 million in ad spending during the first week of October – races in Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Top House races

Two undecided House races saw more than $4 million in advertising spending in the first week of October in Michigan's 7th Congressional District, a perennial battleground where parties are vying to replace Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin. who is running for Senate; and in Arizona's 1st Congressional District, covering much of the Phoenix metropolitan area, where Republicans are defending Rep. David Schweikert after his extremely narrow victory in 2022.

Nine other closely contested House races saw more than $3 million in ad spending in the first week of last month, including a number of races in California – CA-22, CA-27 and CA013 – with one, CA- 27, where Republicans outperformed Democrats by about $1.4 million. And in another key California House race, CA-45, Republicans also significantly outperformed Democrats, by more than $2 million out of a total of about $2.5 million.

Additionally, a quartet of key New York House races were also among the top advertising-spending contests in the first week of October.