Americans for Prosperity super PAC launches Senate ads in two key states

Americans for Prosperity Action, the super PAC arm of the conservative political network financed by billionaire Charles Koch and other megadonors, is planning to launch ads Monday supporting the likely GOP candidates in two key Senate races, Pennsylvania and Nevada.

AFP Action said it will be spending $1 million in Pennsylvania to support Republican candidate Dave McCormick and $600,000 in Nevada to boost GOP hopeful Sam Brown.

The ads featuring McCormick and Brown highlight their service as veterans and underscore their priorities, which include securing the border, fighting inflation and expanding American energy, the narrators say.

The ad featuring McCormick ends with the narrator calling him a “strong leader we can trust,” while the one featuring Brown ends with the narrator saying, “Sam Brown served you before, he will serve you again.”

Both Brown and McCormick lost GOP Senate primaries in 2022, but they are positioned to be the party nominees in their states this year, with support from the likes of Sen. Steve Daines, of Montana, chair of the Senate GOP campaign committee, and others.

Republicans need a net pickup of two Senate seats to flip the chamber, or one seat plus the tie-breaking vice presidency.

Ashley Klingensmith, AFP Action senior adviser for Pennsylvania, wrote in a statement that McCormick is ready "to be part of the solution by putting an end to Washington waste.”

McCormick will be facing three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in the general election. Casey has a tough re-election campaign as Republicans look to Pennsylvania as they aim to regain the Senate majority.

In addition to the ad highlighting McCormick, AFP Action will release a second ad in Pennsylvania bashing Casey.

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