McConnell Super PAC Targets Jon Tester

A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a new digital ad Tuesday attacking Montana Sen. Jon Tester.

The ad, the group’s first of the cycle targeting the vulnerable Democrat in this year’s midterm elections, seeks to tie Tester to national party figures and calls him “just another Washington liberal.” It’s paid for by Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP’s main Senate outside group, which is allied with McConnell. An SLF spokesman declined to say how much money the group spent on the ad (which was shared exclusively with RealClearPolitics), but said the digital release is running on social media and search websites targeting key voters.

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