Sen. Marco Rubio plans to come to the aid of a House Republican colleague this week with an oversized TV ad buy in Arkansas supporting the Senate campaign of Rep. Tom Cotton.
The ad, paid for by Mr. Rubio’s political-action committee, will mark the largest expenditure to date this cycle by a Senate leadership PAC. Rubio aides, who declined to provide a precise sum, say the buy will dwarf the $120,000 ad purchase the PAC made earlier this year to support New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is not up for re-election until 2016.
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The Cotton ad marks the start of what Rubio aides say will be an aggressive push next year to back a handful of Republican Senate candidates. Unlike many outside conservative groups this cycle, the Rubio PAC plans to stay out of GOP primary fights.
The strategy shows how much more assertive Sen. Rubio plans to be in aiding fellow Senate candidates than some of his potential 2016 presidential rivals. Through the first half of this year, for instance, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had raised just $313,000 for his leadership PAC.
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