“We’re on the rise, and they’re on the decline,” said Peter Ambler, the executive director of the Giffords PAC.
Everytown, among other efforts, spent $5 million on an advertising campaign called “Not One More[1]” in 16 districts that didn’t have Democratic incumbents. Their preferred candidates prevailed in 15 of those races. (In the 16th, Representative Ann Wagner, a Missouri Republican, held her seat.)
The N.R.A., however, was buoyed by Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, a staunch gun rights advocate who held an open Senate seat for the Republican Party. Their favored candidate also prevailed in Missouri, where Josh Hawley, the state attorney general, defeated the longtime Democratic incumbent, Senator Claire McCaskill. Oliver North, the N.R.A.’s president, campaigned with Mr. Hawley in the race’s closing days.
“N.R.A. efforts in pivotal U.S. Senate races were key to growing the pro-Second Amendment majority in the senate, which will ensure the confirmation of federal judicial appointees who respect the Second Amendment,” Ms. Baker, the N.R.A. spokeswoman, said.
References
- ^ Not One More (notonemore.com)
