Vice President Mike Pence has cut three new television ads slamming vulnerable Democratic Senate incumbents. And he may be the first vice president ever to do anything quite like this — certainly he’s at least the first in this century.
With two months before the midterm elections, national Republicans are leaning on Pence to carry the Trump Country ad campaign, likely a testament to the vice president’s popularity with conservatives. According to a Friday report in Politico, the National Republican Senatorial Committee is deploying the Pence spots against Sens. Jon Tester of Montana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana. All three incumbents are facing re-election in states President Trump won by double digits in 2016.
