A shadowy new group has purchased at least $6 million in TV ads ahead of the November election and is airing an ad that targets Gov. Greg Abbott as he runs for reelection.
The advertising represents a significant escalation as Abbott fights for a third term against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke. Abbott has led O'Rourke by mid-single digits in polls throughout the summer.Abbott has also outpaced O'Rourke on the airwaves. Abbott has been airing TV ads for over three weeks, while O'Rourke did not start his first sustained statewide TV buy until Friday.
The name — Coulda Been Worse — signaled that it would be an anti-Abbott effort, but otherwise, few details were known about it — which remained the case Friday. A national campaign finance expert, Brett Kappel, said there is"nothing illegal" about the group's advertising due to the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which cleared the way for corporations and other third-party groups to dump unlimited money into elections.In advertising orders filed with the Federal Communications Commission, Coulda Been Worse LLC lists an Arlington, Virginia, address.
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