Hawaii Absent from GOP’s $25M Ad Blitz

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Hawaii is often listed among states that could help flip the balance of power in the U.S. Senate next year. Republicans want to regain a Senate majority, and many of them believe former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle can help them do it. 

But the aloha state was notably absent from a list of states where the National Republican Senatorial Committee plans to spend $25 million in campaign advertising. 

As Roll Call points out, GOP operatives can still “change the amount and move funds to different states before the ads hit the airwaves this fall,” but this list provides an early glimpse of GOP strategy. Here’s Roll Call’s breakdown of NRSC airtime reservation: 

• $5.5 million in Virginia

• $5 million in Missouri

• $5 million in Wisconsin

• $3.5 million in Montana

• $3 million in Nevada

• $3 million in New Mexico

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