Politico Morning Score
Andrew Howard
July 29, 2026
Republicans are already taking advantage of the Supreme Court’s decision to axe coordinated spending limits between parties and campaigns.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is dropping five ads — paid for by the NRSC and approved by their candidates — in competitive Senate battlegrounds: Two have already run in New Hampshire and Iowa, with three more in Ohio, Alaska and Maine coming later this week, according to the tracking service AdImpact.
So far, the NRSC has rolled out its ads mostly on streaming platforms like YouTube. The committee had negotiated a less-expensive group rate ahead of the Supreme Court’s ruling earlier this summer, said one person familiar with the decision and granted anonymity to discuss it.
No other party committees have put forward coordinated ads at this point in the cycle. But this is a sign of what’s to come for both parties — and especially Republicans, who have large cash advantages that may help offset strong candidate fundraising from Democrats.
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