August House Overview: The Bottom Line in the 66 Most Competitive Races | The Cook Political Report

https://www.cookpolitical.com/index.php/analysis/house/house-overview/august-house-overview-bottom-line-66-most-competitive-races

Periodic reminder that every single vote counts in an environment where victories are by less than 1% of total votes and gerrymandering and voter suppression reduce votes by a handful of percentage points, each.

«In 2010, the DCCC waited until well after Labor Day to launch attack ads against most of their incumbents’ GOP opponents, in part because its strategists believed few voters would remember summertime ads in November. But by late September and October, many GOP nominees had already made defined themselves positively, and the airwaves were crowded with political ads. By then, it was too late for Democrats.

The GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund isn’t making that mistake. The PAC entered July with $71 million on hand and is already unloading blistering attack ads on Democratic nominees in 15 key districts….»

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