The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today is launching a paid advertising campaign to hold several vulnerable House Republicans accountable for making it harder for students to afford college. As these Republican members return home for a two-week recess, they will be greeted by ads appearing this week in campus newspapers in their districts that show students how each member voted against college affordability just before leaving D.C. for recess.
Ads hitting each of these 15 Republicans are slated to run this week in the following campus publications:
- University of Arizona: Congresswoman Martha McSally (AZ-02)
- University of South Florida: Congressman David Jolly (FL-13)
- University of Miami, Florida International University: Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
- University of Northern Iowa: Congressman Rod Blum (IA-01)
- Iowa State University: Congressman David Young (IA-03)
- Southern Illinois University: Congressman Mike Bost (IL-12)
- University of Maine: Congressman Bruce Poliquin (ME-02)
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities: Congressman John Kline (MN-02)
- University of New Hampshire: Congressman Frank Guinta (NH-01)
- University of Nevada Las Vegas: Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03), Congressman Cresent Hardy (NV-04)
- Stony Brook University: Congressman Lee Zeldin (NY-01)
- Syracuse University: Congressman John Katko (NY-24)
- Temple University, Lincoln University: Congressman Ryan Costello (PA-06)
- George Mason University: Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10)
“The Republicans made a clear statement of their priorities by casting votes that would make it more expensive for young people to attend college – priorities that stand in stark contrast to Democrats,” said Ben Ray Luján, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “We will be using the first week of Congress’s April recess to remind voters just how out of touch Republicans are on college affordability.”