CULAC Spends Another $47K for Jenkins, NRCC Buys Radio

Another report from Credit Union Legislative Action Committee- another $47,837 on TV ads for Lynn Jenkins.

Also, listening to the radio this morning we heard a spot paid for by the NRCC. More on the buy when we have it.

Boyda: "Please Stay Out of My Race"

Text of a letter written by Congresswoman Nancy Boyda today in regards to independent expenditures in the 2nd Kansas Congressional district race:

In late July, I made a public request in the pages of the Topeka Capital-Journal. I called on out-of-state political groups, Democratic and Republican alike, to keep their TV ads out of the race for the Kansas Second Congressional District.

To my knowledge, no such call had ever succeeded in American history. Because these groups are fully independent, they can buy television time in any district in the country, without asking permission from me or anyone else.

Even so, I believed that urging them to stay away was the right thing to do. Many out-of-state groups have a history of running negative, misleading ads aimed at advancing a political party rather than informing voters. I felt that Kansans should have the opportunity to decide our election without their interference.

Unfortunately, in the months since then, numerous Washington groups have disregarded this request. Freedom's Watch, the Credit Union Legislative Action Council, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have all reserved ad time in Kansas.

My sincere hope remains that all of these groups, on both sides of the aisle, will take their ads off the air. In particular, if anyone who is running ads in my support is reading this letter, here's my message to you: "Thanks, but no thanks." Please stay out of my race.

I continue to believe that I made the right decision in calling on out-of-state groups to keep out of our election, and you'd better believe I'll do the same thing when I run for re-election in 2010.

Sincerely,

Nancy Boyda

Member of Congress

(For what it's worth...we hope lots more independent groups spend on Boyda's behalf...but that's just another time we can prove we aren't in Boyda's pocket :-) )

Credit Union PAC Spends Another $66K for Jenkins

The only independent expenditure in the general election race thus far- pro-Jenkins pieces from the Credit Union Legislative Action Committee- has been extened by another $66,000.

That brings CULAC's spending propping up Jenkins at more than $145,000.

Credit Union PAC Spends $80K for Jenkins

The Credit Union Legislative Action Committee reported on Friday that they had forked out almost $80,000 ($78,880 to be exact) for TV and radio spots in support of Lynn Jenkins.

We haven't yet seen the CULAC ad, so we don't know if it's a positive piece for Lynn or a hit job on Boyda, but the minute it's available online we'll make sure to post it here for all of you.

It's a little sad Jenkins won't encourage outside groups to stay out of her race, but, in the end, she knows she needs ever last dime she can get in order to beat Congresswoman Nancy Boyda.