Want to know which way the wind is blowing, Save Jerseyans?
Follow the money. More specifically, the media buys.
Last month, The New York Times reported that Speaker Pelosi’s super PAC was placing significant ad buys to shore-up a list of vulnerable House Democrats. The name of Tom Malinowski (D, NJ-07) conspicuously absent from the list.
Today, we got word that the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) is dropping $125 million on ads across 48 media markets. $111 million of that sum is targeted towards Democrat-held House seats, and $2.5 million is earmarked for NJ-07.
“There is palpable energy for retiring Speaker Pelosi and winning a House Majority behind Leader Kevin McCarthy, and this is a testament to that. Our reserves are a significant down payment on the firepower we’ll need to win and elect tremendous GOP candidates across the country,” said CLF President Dan Conston. “We’re pressing deep into Democrat territory to elect the largest possible Majority this fall.”
The current GOP frontrunner in NJ-07 is Tom Kean Jr. who posted a massive $840k haul during the first quarter of 2022.
The incumbent (Malinowski) continues to be plagued by unresolved ethics allegations concerning millions of dollars in unreported stock trades. Today’s CLF buy means the Malinowski – who had about $2.7 million on hand at the end of the last quarter – can no longer count on an overwhelming financial advantage in defense of his seat.
