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DCCC makes $400,000 ad buy for October

Posted at 1:41 PM on July 24, 2006 by Tom Scheck

WCCO-TV's public file says the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has purchased $403,425 in television ads during the last month of the election. The 271 ads will run on the daily newscasts, Oprah, the soaps and the NFL pregame shows. KSTP-TV didn't show a similar buy. I didn't check the other stations.

An official with the DCCC says they have no comment on the ad buy but it's safe to assume that they're targeting Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District where DFLer Patty Wetterling and Republican Michele Bachmann are running for the open seat.

This obviously means the DCCC thinks they can win the seat being vacated by GOP Congressman Mark Kennedy (who's running for the U.S. Senate) but the buy doesn't mean the ads will actually run. If the DCCC sees Bachmann well ahead in the polls, they may pull the buy and put it into a more competitive seat.

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