Mia Love who is running in the 4th Congressional District, speaks at the GOP convention Saturday, April 21, 2012, in the South Towne Exposition Center. The National Republican Congressional Committee intends to spend nearly $1 million on Love's campaign.
Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — The National Republican Congressional Committee intends to spend nearly $1 million to boost Mia Love's effort to oust six-term Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson.
Utah's 4th Congressional District is among 27 districts nationwide in which NRCC's independent expenditure arm intends to spend $18.2 million for television ads after Labor Day. The media buy includes $948,000 for ads targeting Matheson.
The purchase, reserved this week, marks the NRCC’s first foray into the fall advertisement air war. The congressional campaign committees have reserved more than $100 million in television time for an air war that is shaping up as among the earliest and most competitive in recent history, according to Roll Call.
Also, Utah Politics reported that Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., the House Budget Committee chairman, will hold a fundraiser for Love on June 22 at the Glenwild Golf Club in Park City. Attendees may donate $2,500 for a reception with Ryan or $1,000 to hear him speak.
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Matheson is barely a Democrat, but a thousand times better than another fiscally conservative lee or self serving chaffetz, another do nothing republican is just what Utah needs.
I heard an interview with her on the radio, Not impressive, More..
Here comes the money. Everything I have heard about Mia Love is she is just another ultra conservative ubstructionist like Mike Lee. We do not need another representative from Utah who is not willing to solve our Nations problems. At least Matheson More..
Hopefully Mia Love will be elected to this office. Six terms is enough for Rep. Matheson. What would help Mia Love more than $1 million on TV ads would be a visit from Obama in support of Matheson.