The Resistance
Anti-Trump Cash Floods Florida, Illinois Airwaves
Super-PACs and campaigns trying to keep the billionaire front-runner from winning the next midwestern primaries are dumping millions of dollars into negative ads against him.
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The fight for the Republican nomination for the White House is sending a torrent of cash into political ads in Florida and Illinois ahead the states' March 15 primaries.
Outside groups and campaigns have committed $9.2 million for ads in Florida for the seven-day period beginning March 8, according to estimates on Wednesday by Kantar Media's CMAG, which tracks political spending. Almost half of that—$4.3 million—comes from Conservative Solutions PAC, a group supporting Senator Marco Rubio's candidacy.