Is Sen. Claire McCaskill a lost cause for Planned Parenthood?

Published March 2, 2018 12:23am ET



Pro-choice Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is widely considered to be among the Senate’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this cycle, but Planned Parenthood appears to have left her race off its list of spending targets.

The same day CNN listed McCaskill’s seat as the most likely to flip from Democrats to Republicans, Planned Parenthood announced the first round of states set to benefit from a $20 million spending dump on behalf of pro-choice politicians this year. Missouri was not on the list, nor was North Dakota, where Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is facing a tough battle against Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. As the Washington Examiner reported Thursday, the $20 million will be spread across Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, funding advertisements and door-to-door campaigning.

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