NRCC explains decision to not run ads in the 6th

Posted at 3:37 PM on October 23, 2008 by Tom Scheck

Roll Call quotes an official with the National Republican Congressional Committee saying there has been some "misreporting" on their decision to yank scheduled ad time for GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann.

In the e-mail, NRCC Communications Director Karen Hanretty sought to clarify what she called "misreporting" on the committee pulling its ads in Bachmann's re-election race. Hanretty maintained that the NRCC never ran ads in Bachmann's district, and said the NRCC's independent expenditure unit reserved time but chose not to use it.

"There are more paths to victory for Republican candidates than we have money to fund," Hanretty wrote. "Some candidates, like Congresswoman Bachmann, are sitting on more than $1 million cash on hand in districts that President Bush won in 2004 by double digits."

The NRCC initially reserved two weeks of ad time for Bachmann at all four Twin Cities broadcast stations. They cut the time last week and decided on Monday to not run any ads at all.

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