Today, House Majority PAC launched its first ad in the race for Illinois’ 10th Congressional District, “Advisor.” The ad features a Highland Park voter reviewing the facts online about Republican Congressman Bob Dold’s out-of-touch record including his votes to privatize Medicare and charge women more for health care.
Additionally, HMP has launched a new, real-life version of the website featured in the ad, www.congressadvisor.org, where voters can read the facts about Dold’s out-of-touch record for themselves.
“Unfortunately for Congressman Dold, his record is due for a big review this November, and it doesn’t look good,” said House Majority PAC Communications Director Jeb Fain. “Dold may get high marks from his special interest backers in Washington for voting to privatize Medicare and charge women more for health care, but IL-10 voters can tell from the facts that Bob Dold clearly isn’t working for them.”
“Advisor” begins airing today on broadcast, cable, and digital platforms in the Chicago media market.
Before I hire someone, I check online.
Bob Dold has a lot of reviews… but his ratings aren’t good.
Special interests spent $7 million to elect Dold and he repeatedly voted their way.
Like taking half a million from the insurance industry and voting to privatize Medicare.
And charging women more for health care.
Read for yourself. Bob Dold does not work for us.
* I told subscribers about this ad earlier today. From a press release…
Leading Illinois For Tomorrow to Give Voters a Choice to LIFT Up Our State Instead of Continuing Down Rauner’s Destructive Path
LIFT Dedicated to Rebuilding Illinois’ Middle Class & Creating Opportunity for All
CHICAGO – Leading Illinois for Tomorrow (LIFT), a new political action committee, launched television and digital ads on Tuesday to counter an onslaught of campaign spending by Governor Bruce Rauner and his wealthy allies on behalf of GOP candidates.
“The purpose of LIFT is to explain the stark choice voters will be presented with this fall,” said state Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston), the LIFT Chairman. “Illinois has serious problems, but Rauner and the Republicans are making them worse. For the first time in history, Illinois has gone 16 months without a state budget. The middle class is under attack and universities and social service agencies are suffering. LIFT will make sure Illinois voters know that Democrats have a better way forward.”
LIFT was formed to demonstrate that our democracy is not for sale to the highest bidder and to fight back against the radical Republican agenda. LIFT will highlight Democrats’ real plans to strengthen the middle class, grow our economy, fix the state budget, reform politics, make the tax system fair, and provide equal opportunity to everyone.
“An unprecedented amount of money is pouring into Republican races from just a handful of extraordinarily wealthy individuals, including Governor Rauner,” said Biss. “Illinois Republican candidates are too scared to demand that Rauner and his multi-millionaire and billionaire friends pay their fair share so we can make the investments in Illinois’ residents, institutions and infrastructure that we need to create economic growth and opportunity for all. LIFT will fight back against the idea that our government should be run by and for the benefit of a few people to the detriment of millions of Illinoisans.”
LIFT is filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as a federal super PAC. Television and digital ads began running in the Chicago media market on Tuesday, with downstate markets to soon follow.
All donors to LIFT will be disclosed on the FEC website. LIFT is not coordinating with any candidate, campaign or political party.
For more information about LIFT, please visit LiftIllinois.com.
“Gov. Rauner is running an aggressive campaign to paint Republicans and Democrats in a certain way (pro-reform and pro-status quo, respectively),” Biss wrote. “This message strikes me as inaccurate and politically dangerous. I think it’s important to communicate a very different message about what Republicans and Democrats stand for, and what a vote for Republicans or a vote for Democrats up and down the ticket would mean for the quality of life of real people.” […]
Biss says he will disclose his donors soon. And asked if he’s gearing up to challenge Rauner himself in 2018, the senator gives a most political answer: “I’m not giving that any thought right now,” he wrote, “focused on 2016!”
