SCOOP: The Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund is canceling $9.6M in television ads for the Arizona Senate race, confident that other outside conservative groups will make up much of the difference for GOP nominee Blake Masters.
Despite Arizona's battleground status, many Republican officials have been wary about Masters' prospects against Sen. Mark Kelly .
Masters is trailing Kelly in public polling, and Republican internal surveys have his unfavorability ratings unusually high for a first-time candidate. Most of the outside funding for Masters' campaign will now be coming from ideologically aligned groups, not those directly invested in a Republican Senate majority.SLF was planning to spent $9.6 million on television ads in Arizona. So far, the outside groups have made up about $7.5 million of that total.
. That would mark the second fundraiser McConnell has held for Masters, who repeatedly criticized the Republican leader during the primary.SLF will be reallocating the money intended for Arizona into three different states — Georgia, New Hampshire and Nevada. "This allows us to pursue offensive opportunities, maximize our investment in existing commitments, and concentrate our efforts to win the Senate majority," Law said.
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