距离选举日仅剩三周，众议院民主党竞选机构正在扩大其重点攻占的选区名单。该机构首次在另外四个选区投放广告，并与当地候选人协同开展宣传攻势。本周，总计1300万美元的资金将用于在39个选区投放协同广告，这一计划最早由《Politico》披露。对于正竭力守住多个传统共和党优势选区的民主党而言，这堪称本选举周期中规模最大的资金投入。
House Democrats’ campaign arm is expanding its target list just three weeks ahead of Election Day, going on the air for the first time in four more districts with coordinated ad buys with the candidates. The move, part of $13 million in coordinated ads launching this week across 39 districts and first shared with POLITICO, is the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s largest reach of investments this cycle as Republicans are working to defend a slew of redder seats in the final stretch.
新纳入重点范围的选区包括：佛罗里达州第22选区——该选区刚刚经过重新划分，若在2024年举行大选，唐纳德·特朗普可在此赢得10个百分点的优势；缅因州第2选区——特朗普当年在此以9个百分点的优势胜出，如今民主党需在此奋力保住席位，而现任众议员贾里德·戈尔登即将退休。此外，民主党还将在新泽西州第7选区投放协同广告，该选区位于纽约市这一广告成本极高的市场，民主党正试图借此击败共和党众议员汤姆·基恩。
另外，得克萨斯州第35选区也在名单之列：民主党人约翰尼·加西亚正与共和党人卡洛斯·德拉克鲁兹在该选区展开激烈角逐，该选区位于圣安东尼奥郊区，是共和党精心设计的“必赢”选区，特朗普当年在此同样能取得10个百分点的优势。
The new districts include a toss-up race in Florida’s newly redrawn 22nd District, which President Donald Trump would have won by 10 points in 2024, as well as for Democrats’ uphill fight to defend Maine’s 2nd District, which Trump carried by nine points and where Democratic Rep. Jared Golden is retiring. They’re also launching coordinated ads in New Jersey’s swingy 7th District, squarely within New York City’s expensive media market, where Democrats are working to unseat GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. The coordinated ad buys also include Texas’ redrawn 35th District, where Democrat Johnny Garcia is running neck and neck with Republican Carlos De La Cruz in a suburban San Antonio district Republicans drew to win that Trump would have carried by 10 points.
与此同时，与特朗普阵营关系密切的“MAGA Inc.”超级政治行动委员会以及共和党众议院竞选委员会的主要超级政治行动委员会，正计划近期停止对部分众议院选区的资金投入，转而集中资源巩固其他关键席位并力保共和党在参议院的多数地位。对此，民主党众议院竞选委员会全国政治主任布鲁克·巴特勒表示：“随着共和党退出多个选区的宣传战并承认自身已不具竞争力，我们则继续保持攻势。”事实上，共和党众议院竞选委员会数周前便已在这四个选区投放了广告。
The DCCC’s move comes as Trump’s MAGA Inc.-aligned super PAC and a leading House GOP super PAC are planning to ditch spending in a group of House races in the coming days, as they race to shore up other House seats and salvage the Senate GOP majority. “As Republicans pull out of media markets and cede that they are no longer competitive in multiple districts, the DCCC is continuing to go on the offensive,” DCCC National Political Director Brooke Butler said. The NRCC has been up with ads in the four districts for weeks.
“虽然民主党人才刚刚凑齐资金来救助他们在关键摇摆选区的激进社会主义者，但众议院共和党人已经在这些选区以及数十个其他选区的电视广播中占据主导地位数周了，”NRCC发言人迈克·马里内拉说。“DCCC正在绝望地追赶，而共和党人已经把他们甩在后面了。”DCCC没有透露具体协调广告购买的确切规模，仅表示这些承诺是六位数的。
"While Democrats are just now scraping together the cash to bail out their radical socialists in critical battleground districts, House Republicans have been dominating the airwaves in those same districts and dozens more for weeks,” NRCC spokesperson Mike Marinella said. “The DCCC is desperately playing catch-up where Republicans have already lapped them.”The DCCC didn't share the exact size of the specific coordinated ad buys, only saying they were six-figure commitments.