Democrats launch first paid ad campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket in battleground states

Now that there is a solid presidential ticket across the country and enormous money to spend, the Democratic Party is targeting seven key states with paid ads for the vice president. Kamala Harris and the governor of Minnesota. Tim Walz.

The Democratic National Committee announced the Harris-Walz ad campaign Monday, which includes more than 70 billboards in key battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It’s the ticket’s first paid ad campaign since Walz became a member the campaign — and the first of many to follow in areas that will determine the outcome of November’s presidential election.

The billboards will be located in several major metropolitan areas in the battleground states, including Atlanta, Detroit, Charlotte and Philadelphia, the DNC said. Many of them will be placed along major interstates and highways, including Interstate 95 and Interstate 10.

According to the DNC, there is also an ad on the Las Vegas Strip, in both English and Spanish.

“The DNC is flooding the battlegrounds with a clear message: Vice President Harris and Governor Tim Walz are fighting for the working class, and Donald Trump and JD Vance are only out for themselves,” DNC spokesman Abhi Rahman said in a statement.

The Harris-Walz campaign boasts significant fundraising figureswhich raked in $310 million in July and entered August with $377 million in cash. Trump For comparison, the campaign raised more than $138 million last month and has $327 million to spend.

The ad campaign comes after Harris and Walz wrapped up their Battleground State tour last week, drawing raucous crowds at venues including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin And Arizona en route. Their stop in North Carolina was postponed due to bad weather from Tropical Storm Debby.

Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance followed the Democratic duo throughout the week, holding press conferences in many of the same cities that Harris and Walz visited. Meanwhile, Trump hosted one rally last week in Montana.

Trump’s campaign also launched its own barrage of ads in late July, with television commercials focusing on Harris’ immigration history and calling her a “border czar.”

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Seminera reported from Raleigh, North Carolina.