National Democrats pull more money out of Ohio's U.S. Senate race

[TexasTowelie]

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Senate Democrats' campaign wing has canceled an additional two weeks of TV ads on behalf of Ted Strickland this month, giving further evidence that national Democrats are giving up on his campaign's chances.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's decision to scrap an ad buy of approximately $1.5 million, first reported by the Washington Post, comes after the group canceled $500,000 worth of ads in Ohio between Sept. 13 and Sept. 22. That decision sparked additional ad cancellations by the pro-Portman Koch brothers network, as well as Senate Majority PAC, the Senate Democrats' main super PAC.

Strickland, a former Ohio governor, has trailed Republican incumbent Rob Portman in recent polls and in fundraising. The cancellation means Strickland will now have even less help fighting back on the airwaves against Portman, who (with groups that support him) has spent tens of millions of dollars on a massive, months-long advertising offensive.

The DSCC also completely canceled a planned $5 million ad buy in support of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, who is facing a weaker GOP opponent than expected, the Post reported. The cancellations free up a total of about $6.5 million for national Democrats to help their candidates in more competitive states such as North Carolina and Missouri.

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