GOP group spent $26,000 on ads for Maine Sen. Susan Collins in the wrong Portland
Ads promoting Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared to target the wrong city of Portland in a Republican super PAC mix-up, running the advertisements in Oregon instead of Maine. “During a recent independent expenditure, our media vendor mistakenly placed approximately $25,000 in digital advertising in the Portland, Oregon media market instead of Portland, Maine,” a spokesperson for Republican Main Street Partnership (RMSP), the nonprofit affiliated with GOP super PAC Defending Main Street, told The Hill. “The error was identified, the ads were immediately stopped and corrected, and the…
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[Claude] The outlets differ: All three describe the same GOP super PAC ad mix-up for Susan Collins in Portland, Oregon, but Report 1 gives $26,000 while Report 3 gives $25,000, and Report 2 does not state an amount.
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