McConnell's Nevada parlay
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The Senate Leadership Fund is making a late $6.2 million play in the Nevada Senate race to help GOP nominee Sam Brown's fight against Democrat Jacky Rosen.
Why it matters: Mitch McConnell and his super PAC are getting more confident Trump is going to defeat Harris in Nevada. They want to ride his potential coattails.
- That makes SLF's Nevada bet more of a parlay. It will only pay out if Trump also wins.
- "Trump is doing very well in Nevada and we think Sam Brown can too," said SLF President and CEO Steven Law.
💰 The Nevada buy, first reported by NBC News, will add to the $42 million SLF is hurling at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's blue wall in the campaign's closing weeks, as we reported last night.
Zoom out: The presidential race in Nevada is deadlocked, with both candidates garnering an average of 47.2%, according to 538.
- Republicans insist the presidential race is moving in their direction.
- But SLF's own polling showed Brown down by seven points earlier this month. (Nevada is extremely tricky to poll.)
The bottom line: The Senate Majority PAC, closely affiliated with Schumer, has spent or reserved $37.8 million there this cycle, according to AdImpact.
- "No matter how much Mitch McConnell's Super PAC decides to spend here, the fact is that Sam Brown is a failed politician whose struggling campaign has been losing support from all sides," said Johanna Warshaw, a Rosen spokesperson.
— Hans Nichols
