POLITICO: “GOP candidates are already pummeling each other in monthslong advertising free-for-alls, fights intensified by unprecedented television spending”
Associated Press: “Republican missteps that include intense infighting are threatening the GOP”
Across the Senate battlegrounds, GOP infighting continues to escalate as Republican ‘Winter Wars’ have turned into ‘Scorched-Earth Spring.’
A wave of news coverage is highlighting how “GOP candidates are already pummeling each other in monthslong advertising free-for-alls” as “candidates thrash each other” with “unprecedented television spending” – creating “pricey” primaries that are “threatening the GOP” as their candidates “punch each other out” with “increasingly intense lines of attack.”
See for yourself:
In Arizona:
In Georgia:
In New Hampshire:
In North Carolina:
In Ohio:
And in Pennsylvania:
Read more about escalating and expensive infighting in GOP Senate primaries:
POLITICO: GOP Senate candidates thrash each other ahead of fight for majority; Associated Press: Republican ‘unforced errors’ threaten path to Senate control; NBC News: Republican primaries are already intense, while Democrats hold their fire; Bloomberg: Arizona Republicans Face Pricey Primary With Governor Opting Out; POLITICO: The Arizona Republican Caught in a Vise by Trump’s Big Lie; Associated Press: Walker’s past could let Warnock keep Senate seat, rivals say; Atlanta Journal Constitution: The Jolt (March 16, 2022); The Hill: Herschel Walker GOP opponent rolls out ad, website devoted to abuse allegations; POLITICO: Trump’s man in North Carolina struggles in Senate primary; Washington Post: NC GOP Senate candidate Pat McCrory accuses Trump-backed rival of being too ‘friendly’ toward Russia’s Putin; Associated Press: In campaign ad, McCrory calls out Budd on Putin, sanctions; News & Observer: In his first ad of Senate campaign, McCrory hits Budd over Putin comments; Carolina Journal: McCrory shells Budd on Putin, Russia; Spectrum News: Republican Senate primary in NC heats up; The North State Journal: Club for Growth launches $10 million in ad spending for US Senate primary; WNCN: New ads highlight NC Senate candidates’ comments on Putin; The Hill: Ohio’s Jane Timken hits male rivals ‘who overcompensate for their inadequacies’; The Hill: Gibbons rolls out ad hitting Vance, Timken over Trump; Associated Press: Russia business deals muddy GOP US Senate primary in Ohio; CNN: Trump remains undecided on whether he should endorse in Ohio’s crowded GOP Senate primary; Bloomberg: Dr. Oz, David McCormick Spend Millions to Woo Trump Voters for PA Senate Primary; Philadelphia Inquirer: Mehmet Oz campaigns in Pa. Senate race as David McCormick airs TV ads against him; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: David McCormick hawkish on China, punches back at Mehmet Oz in visit to suburban Pittsburgh; New York Times: McCormick Faces Scrutiny Over Hedge Fund’s Handling of Teacher Pensions; Philadelphia Inquirer: GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz says his opponent’s hedge fund cost Pa. taxpayers; PennLive: Dr. Mehmet Oz opens a new line of attack against Pa. Senate rival David McCormick: Money; Philadelphia Inquirer: Mehmet Oz says he’d renounce dual Turkish citizenship if elected to the Senate, answering GOP primary attacks.
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