Pro-Bush PAC Targets Iowa Football Fans in First TV Ad Buy
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush speaks on stage with conservative political commentator Sean Hannity at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington, on February 27, 2015.
Photographer: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesThe super PAC backing Jeb Bush's Republican presidential campaign has ordered its first major advertising blitz, targeting Iowa with a seven-figure buy to air TV spots during the final four months of the year.
Right to Rise USA confirmed that it has spent $1.66 million to run ads from Sept. 15 to Dec. 28 in the state, which holds the first presidential nomination contest. It's the first major advertising blitz from the best-funded super PAC in the presidential field that is backing a particular candidate. The group reported raising $103 million in the first six months of the year.