Scoop: DCCC targets Maureen Galindo with 11th-hour ad buy

Andrew Solender

Old vintage television shows a smiling woman on a grayscale image with a circular backdrop; metal dials on the right and a bottom news ticker about Democrats, set against a dark, textured background. — A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad attacking TX-35 candidate Maureen Galindo. Source: DCCC

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up on the air with ads attacking Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo in Texas, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Galindo has been widely disavowed by Democrats over antisemitic remarks. She most recently said she wants to convert an ICE facility into her district into a "prison for American Zionists."

Galindo is a sex therapist who finished first in the Democratic primary in Texas' 35th district in March.
She is now in a runoff with Johnny Garcia, a local sheriff's deputy backed by the DCCC.
House Democrats had been urging the DCCC to more directly intervene, though a source said the spending had already been in the works before those conversations.

Driving the news: The DCCC is launching a $35,000 ad buy against Galindo ahead of the May 26 runoff, a spokesperson told Axios.

The ad takes aim at Galindo's "conspiracies" and "hateful words," honing in on alleged GOP spending to support her and labeling her "MAGA Maureen."
Garcia "will fight Trump, not help him," the ad says.
Galindo did not immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.

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Scoop: DCCC targets Maureen Galindo with 11th-hour ad buy

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