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In 2012, NRA - backed candidates lost in six of the top seven Senate races the group targeted.

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Cal Jillson, a professor of political science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, said a lot of national groups «are still assessing» the Alabama Senate race on whether to get involved or not.

Top White House strategist Kellyanne Conway on Thursday wouldn't say whether President Trump will discipline her after a watchdog group said she violated federal ethics law by endorsing a Republican candidate in an Alabama Senate race.

Nine Senate races saw at least $ 25 million in outside spending — political expenditures from outside groups that are independent of a candidates» committee.

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Spending in the race from the independent expenditure groups could top $ 1 million in addition to the seven - figure expenditures from the campaigns themselves in what is shaping up to be one of the costliest Senate campaigns in years.

Both groups spent heavily in last year's tight Senate race that was ultimately won by Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk.

While the super PAC backed by the statewide teachers union faltered in aiding Democrats in down - ballot state Senate races, the education reform group StudentsFirstNY is taking a victory lap today as the chamber will largely remain the same.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who during the campaign pushed for down - ballot candidates in Senate races and helped fundraise, has been pushed over the last several weeks by liberal groups and mainline conference leaders to get involved in the disputed leadership.

A couple of recent articles have highlighted a flood of money entering Senate races via «independent expenditure» groups, some of them narrowly focused:

With control of the Senate up for grabs, however, it is not a certainty that outside groups will spend much on House races — especially this one.

For months, Republicans feared outside groups would skip over House races this cycle, saving their cash for the battle over Senate control.

The new organization — which would be empowered by the US Supreme Court's controversial 5 - 4 «Citizens United» ruling in June, which gave corporations the green light to run «issues advertising» targeting specific candidates on TV and radio — would initially focus on state Senate races in hopes of seeing the Legislature's upper house return to Republican control, said a source familiar with the planning for the group.

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The group had previously endorsed Republican Senate candidates running in key races, but had held on endorsing Grisanti up until now.

A group supportive of charter schools and education reform that backed Republicans in key state Senate races spent $ 4.2 million on advertising, mail and GOTV to help give the GOP conference full control of the chamber.

The group has been active in at least two state Senate races: the 40th Senate district race between Democrat Justin Wagner and Republican Terrence Murphy, along with the 46th Senate district, which is a rematch between Democratic incumbent Cecilia Tkaczyk and Republican George Amedore.

The group Citizens Action says there's still «plenty of time» before the Monday night budget deadline for Cuomo and lawmakers to agree to expand public financing to include the governor's race as sell as Senate and Assembly contests.

Unlike in Senate races where American Crossroads — the leading conservative - aligned outside group — spent heavily to make up the difference with Democrats, there was far less third party money spent on the GOP side in House contests in the month.

Washington (CNN)- An independent group co-founded by Karl Rove that's already spending big bucks to put up television commercials critical of President Barack Obama is now going up with ads in three crucial U.S. Senate races.

As both parties battle for control of the State Senate, the most forceful attack advertisements have been concentrated in a handful of races that will determine who controls the chamber — and, increasingly, they are being drawn up by outside groups, including some not even in New York State.

If Varoga's claim is born out, Patriot Majority could well fill serve as a counterweight to Freedom's Watch — the conservative - aligned group with plans to play heavily in targeted House and Senate races.

Trump's absence in North Carolina might seem strange, but in many of the dozen top Senate races this election, leading Democratic groups and candidates have avoided using the GOP presidential nominee in their paid media campaigns.

Toomey afterward went on to run the anti-tax group Club for Growth, which helped foment and fund similar challenges to the GOP establishment in House and Senate races.

The group invested in seven State Senate races; six yielded Republican victories for candidates expected to support charter school growth.

Briccetti says her group plans on endorsing the Republican, Fred Akshar, in the special state Senate race in the Southern Tier.

Independent expenditure committees have grown in influence in recent years in New York, especially in battleground state Senate races, where interest groups ranging from the teachers unions, charter school advocates and real - estate entities have sought to flex political muscle.

On the 2014 electoral front, other Koch donor supported non-profit groups like the American Energy Alliance (AEA) have poured funds into ads targeting Democrats in close Senate and House races, knocking their opposition to building the Keystone XL pipeline.

GOP state Senate candidate Julie Killian on Wednesday is among the «races to watch» according to the Republican State Leadership Committee, a group focused on electing Republican candidates to state legislative offices.

Current conditions are so favorable for the GOP — including the president's poor poll numbers, the states with Senate races, the lower turnout of Democratic groups in midterm elections, the quality of this cycle's Republican Senate recruits and the daily dose of negative news that should help the party not holding the White House — that Republican Senate gains of fewer than six seats would be a punch to the party's solar plexus.

Our second report, Toss - Up Senate Races Are Key Targets for Dark Money, examines targeted spending of dark money groups on the Senate's most competitive rRaces Are Key Targets for Dark Money, examines targeted spending of dark money groups on the Senate's most competitive racesraces.

A Washington - based group that supports Democrats in state legislative races has declared the effort to flip the 7th Senate district on Long Island a «must win» this year.

The group has been active in Senate races in the Rochester area, Long Island and in the Hudson Valley.

Amedore is also receiving help from the Real Estate Board of New York, a group of New York City landlords who are investing in Senate races via Jobs for New York.

The 2004 election saw an unprecedented level of involvement from third - party groups seeking to influence the outcome of the presidential race and key Senate and House races.

She entered the race in July, but hasn't impressed national groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund or the Club for Growth, that could provide support to boost her campaign against a well - funded adversary like McCain.

So far, the fundraising has primarily benefited conservative organizations such as the Club for Growth, the Congressional Leadership Fund and American Crossroads, the group connected to George W. Bush's former White House adviser Karl Rove, which plans to spend up to $ 100 million on House and Senate races through its super PAC and nonprofit arms.

Of the $ 5.42 million spent on the New York State Senate races by independent groups thus far, close to $ 800,000 has come from real...

The group spent $ 13 million last cycle, mostly to assist Republicans in the presidential and Senate races, according to Political MoneyLine.

Conservative interest groups have dumped well over $ 20 million into congressional races so far this year, outspending their liberal opponents 4 to 1 and setting off a growing panic among Democrats struggling to regain the House and hold on to their slim majority in the Senate.

With Adriano Espaillat vacating the State Senate after three terms, the race to occupy the district's open seat features a diverse group of candidates.

Advertisements funded by outside groups targeting candidates in New York State Senate races are becoming increasingly common.

The group says they are looking ahead to the November elections and key races in the state Senate, where some members oppose reforms, including the public financing of campaigns.

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The group has been especially active in the handful of competitive primaries this month for Assembly and Senate races, counteracting heavy spending by deep - pocketed groups that have been supportive of education reform and charter schools.

Balance New York, an independent expenditure committee formed by veterans of the Senate Republicans» fundraising arm, received a $ 200,000 contribution from a Washington - D.C. - based group that supports GOP candidates in state races.

Records filed with the state Board of Elections show the group paid for polling in four Long Island Senate races as well as four Hudson Valley districts.

Groups with names like Jobs For New York (backed by the Real Estate Board of New York) and New Yorkers For a Balanced Albany (backed by Paul Singer and StudentsFirstNY) dropped mail, TV ads and radio spots on Senate districts — ushering in a new age in which the independent expenditure committee on the state level is increasingly becoming a important and viable player in legislative races.

Labor groups have been splitting their endorsements in key Senate races this election cycle as Republicans seek to retain control in the chamber, in doubt this year amid a presidential election campaign.

Of the $ 5.42 million spent on the New York State Senate races by independent groups thus far, close to $ 800,000 has come from real estate - connected political action committees.