Americans for Prosperity focusing on Senate races

ABC News:
Political groups backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch are spending $7.7 million on television and online advertising in the Ohio Senate race — part of a broader plan to focus on the Republican-led Senate instead of the presidential race.

The latest wave of ads in the matchup between incumbent Republican Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic former Gov. Ted Strickland spotlights taxes and fees Strickland raised while in office. The ads are paid for by Freedom Partners Action Fund.

Other Koch groups, including Americans for Prosperity, have been knocking on doors and making phone calls to voters to boost Portman support. During an Ohio "day of action" last month, the groups made 625,000 calls and stopped at almost 17,000 homes.

Beyond that race, Koch groups have advertised in Senate contests in Nevada, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and made a small buy in New Hampshire before the Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte said she did not want money from outside groups involved in her race.

Koch groups have reserved about $30 million in commercial time for late this summer and fall, putting them at the top of a long list of outside groups planning to invest in Senate races.
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The focus on the down ballot races make sense.  That is likely were they can get the most bang for their buck at this point.   The group is apparently not enamored with Trump, but sees Senate control as a more important objective at this point.

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