PA-AG: Republicans outspend Democrats by $10M on TV ads in Pa. attorney general race
HARRISBURG — The Republican candidate for attorney general and the well-funded political action committees backing him have spent more than $13 million to flood Pennsylvania’s airwaves with TV ads through Election Day.
His Democratic opponent, meanwhile, has spent just $3.1 million on the same purpose.
The race for attorney general is relatively low-profile but highly consequential. The attorney general defends Pennsylvania’s laws and election results, joins multistate legal battles, and prosecutes everything from political corruption to gun and drug dealing. The powerful and highly visible position has launched previous officials — like now-Gov. Josh Shapiro — to higher office.
“This level of disparity in spending can be really hard to overcome, especially in a race that doesn't get the same sort of earned media press coverage as, say, the presidential,” said Anne Wakabayashi, a Democratic political consultant who is not involved in the attorney general race.
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