Pro-Klobuchar super PAC pumps money into Nevada and South Carolina
A super PAC supporting Amy Klobuchar is dropping a seven-figure ad buy into Nevada and South Carolina, giving the Minnesota senator a much-needed financial boost.
The super PAC, called Kitchen Table Conversations, was formed late last week at a crucial moment in the race for Klobuchar, who has only days to build on her surprise third-place finish in New Hampshire before a slew of big-ticket Democratic presidential contests begin.
The group plans to air TV ads on broadcast and cable stations, as well as digital platforms, in Nevada and South Carolina, starting Wednesday. The group also plans to expand into the 14 Super Tuesday states later, according to a person familiar with the ad buy.
Kitchen Table Conversations could help even the scales for Klobuchar. While both her popularity and her fundraising have surged, her campaign operation is still under-resourced compared to frontrunners like Bernie Sanders, who raised $25 million during the month of January alone.
In Nevada, the new super PAC will start airing an ad focused on Klobuchar’s experience being kicked out of the hospital after giving birth and her subsequent work to change the law about hospital stays. The group will also air a Spanish-language version of the ad in Nevada.
“That’s what Amy Klobuchar does: Sees a problem, fixes it and wins,” the ad says.
In South Carolina, the group will air an ad titled, “Keeping it 100,” in which a fast-paced narrator ticks through Klobuchar’s long list of policy proposals, including rejoining the Paris climate accords, lower prescription drug costs and “fire Betsy DeVos,” the ad says.
The group is led by two longtime Minnesota Democratic operatives, Richard Carlbom and Kristen McMullen.
