The House Majority PAC, a pro-Democratic super-PAC, is launching a $2.4 million campaign to tie centrist Reps. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) and Robert Dold (R-Ill.) to the polarizing Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) in an effort to defeat all three this fall.
Their first ad ties Biggert and Dold, two social centrists who have sought to distance themselves from their national party, to Walsh, an outspoken Tea Party freshman from a nearby district. It lays out stances and votes the three have in common, splicing in footage of Walsh yelling about policy.
All three are facing uphill battles to hold onto their Democratic-leaning seats, though Walsh has the toughest path to victory because of his hardline conservatism. That the group is using him to attack the other two, rather than going after him directly, shows how endangered he is.
"The bottom line is that as much as they’re willing to let Joe Walsh take the heat for his offensive outspokenness and extreme positions, Bob Dold and Judy Biggert are just as out of step with the middle class as Joe Walsh is," House Majority PAC Executive Director Alixandria Lapp said in a statement.
The group teamed up with the SEIU for the Walsh ad and is running another ad against Biggert that features photos of her with House Republican leadership and President George W. Bush while saying she's "trying to hide in plain sight." They plan to debut another ad against Dold next week in the expensive Chicago media market.
