Campaign ads

Democratic super-PAC American Bridge relaunched its election-season "It's Not Just Akin" website Thursday after a controversial comment by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) regarding pregnancy and rape.

The Democratic group originally launched the website ahead of last year's Republican National Convention, looking to seize on former Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) comment that in instances of "legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."

Akin's comment became a flashpoint in the election. He went on to lose his race against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), while President Obama won women by a 55-43 percent margin.

On Wednesday, Franks said "the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy are very low." Franks made the comment while arguing against a Democratic amendment allowing an exception for rape and incest victims in his bill banning abortions after the 20th week of gestation.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is out with a new video that seeks to tie Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) to the ongoing Internal Revenue Service scandal.

The video pokes fun at a recent Pryor radio interview in which he discusses some lighter topics.

"While Washington is awash in scandal, Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor leads some serious conversations over football, grilling and his favorite movie," the Web video says in text as the radio interview plays. "Why didn't Mark Pryor speak out when his Senate Democratic friends publicly pressured the IRS to target conservative groups?"

A conservative super-PAC is launching its second ad in as many weeks against Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), this time targeting him for his support of ObamaCare.

Senate Conservatives Action slams Pryor in the ad for being the deciding vote on the major health care overhaul, using a local businessman to accuse him of costing the state jobs.

A Republican group is going up with its first ad buy, a spot that seeks to tie President Obama's healthcare overhaul around Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's (D-N.H.) neck.

Rep. Edward Markey's (D-Mass.) campaign for Senate is hitting his Republican opponent Gabriel Gomez on tax policy, an attempt to neutralize Gomez's offense on the issue this week.

The ad shows IRS official Lois Lerner pleading the Fifth and charges the Obama administration with a "culture of intimidation."

The Republican candidate is furious with how his Democratic opponent has portrayed him in the Massachusetts Senate campaign.

"I made some big mistakes ... But I’ve also learned some tough lessons," the former congressman says in a campaign video. 

House Majority PAC, the group working to regain a Democratic majority in the House, is hammering Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) with a new video charging she's "running scared" the day after a new poll showed her lagging behind her Democratic challenger by 2 percentage points.

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appears alongside Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in a new Web video appealing to fishermen that doubles as red meat for Kentucky conservatives who may still be wary of McConnell heading into his reelection fight.