The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is out with its latest round of independent expenditures, this time targeting competitive races in Alaska, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio.
In the Buckeye State, the committee is investing nearly $17,000 in mailings and phone banking in the race for the 15th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-Columbus). In that race, Democratic Franklin County Commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy is taking on state Sen. Steve Stivers (R-Columbus)....
....The committee is also spending $13,000 on mail services and phone banking in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District, where state Sen. John Boccieri (D-Alliance) and state Sen. Kirk Schuring (R-Navarre) are battling it out for the seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Navarre)....
The article also describes the DCCC as being "well-funded" which means that the DCCC has the money to support their candidates. On the other side of the aisle, the Republican Congressional Committee, is hardly able to back their candidates.With the possibility of real change coming to Washington, DC, many people are looking to Mary Jo Kilroy, the Democratic candidate for the 15th, to help make that change. Her opponent, Steve Stivers, a right wing, anti-choice, corporate bank lobbyist, and anti-stem cell research, has taken huge contributions from insurance, bank, pharmaceutical, and oil PACs. How beholden would Stivers be to these huge groups? Stivers is already in trouble in Dublin and Union County because of his co-sponsorship of a bill that prevents communities from fighting against huge factory farms. Time and time again, Stivers has fought for the rights of corporations and businesses instead of communities and people.