EXCLUSIVE — The campaign arm of Senate Republicans is using the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security to criticize Democratic Alaska Senate hopeful Mary Peltola, as she looks to unseat Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in the November midterms.

In a nearly 30-second digital ad first seen by the Washington Examiner, the National Republican Senatorial Committee links Peltola, a former member of Congress, to Senate Democrats blocking DHS funding over Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy demands.

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