The top three U.S. Senate candidates vying for the GOP nomination in Kentucky and their aligned super PACs have already spent a staggering $48 million in the primary race, according to new federal campaign filings.
A large majority of the spending has been by political action committees bankrolled by a handful of billionaires and dark money groups in support of businessman Nate Morris and U.S. Rep. Andy Barr. Despite former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron being significantly outspent by both of his opponents, polls show a competitive race ahead of the May 19th primary.
The new federal reports document fundraising and spending by the campaigns and PACs through March 31; they are the final campaign finance reports submitted before the primary election.
The spending in this race has mostly gone toward TV ads (roughly $28 million) either supporting or attacking Morris and Barr and touting or questioning each candidate’s commitment and loyalty to President Donald Trump and his policy agenda.
Cameron, on the other hand, has not put up any campaign ads on television, nor had any PAC supporting him through March. Subsequent to the filing deadline, a pro-Cameron PAC finally spent $200,000 on TV ads, but a pro-Barr PAC also spent nearly $1 million on ads attacking Cameron.
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