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With some primaries still left on the calendar and general election battles heating up, the airwaves are filling up with ads. Today in Score, we’re taking a look at five ads that illustrate the state of the 2018 midterms.
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— FIRST IN SCORE — NY-22: When in doubt, Republicans have a playbook that has brought them success in the past: using House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi as a bogeyman. Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney’s first general election ad[2] ties Democrat Anthony Brindisi to Pelosi’s “liberal agenda that is too extreme” — even though Brindisi has said he will not support Pelosi for speaker[3]. Tenney runs closely to President Donald Trump, pledging to work alongside him to stop “bad trade deals” and stand “with President Trump and [fight] against Nancy Pelosi and the Washington liberals.” The ad is running on broadcast television starting today.
— KS-03: Democrat Brent Welder has embraced a progressive platform in Kansas, where Democrats hope to challenge GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder in the fall. Welder’s spot[4] opens with a clip of former President Barack Obama giving a speech and saying his famous “yes we can” campaign slogan. “I’m Brent Welder, and I worked for Barack Obama to fight for change,” the candidate says. A picture of Welder and Obama later flashes on screen, and the ad closes with Welder’s take on Obama’s motto: “Yes we Kansas!” (When Obama was
