Democrats Plan $4 Million Ad Push For Sue Altman In New Jersey

In the final two weeks before Election Day, House Democrats’ largest super PAC is set to spend $4 million on television and digital advertisements in support of Sue Altman, the Democratic nominee in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District.

The last-minute investment by House Majority PAC, or HMP, is the first major investment by a national Democratic organ in Altman’s bid to unseat first-term Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R), the son of a popular former governor of the Garden State.

The group’s decision to jump in ― aided by a $500,000 contribution from the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s main teachers union ― speaks to Democrats’ confidence in their other candidates’ standing in neighboring New York, where many of the country’s most pivotal House races are.

“Sue Altman is proud of her pro-choice record, proud to stand with working families and proud to push back against the hate and harm of Project 2025,” Sean Spiller, president of the NJEA, said in a statement. “Her opponent is hiding from voters because he knows the Trump agenda is not what voters in CD7 want but he’s too scared to stand up for them. That’s why we are proud to partner with the House Majority PAC to help make sure CD7 elects Sue Altman.”

House Majority PAC is due to spend $2 million for each of the next two weeks with $1.8 million going toward television and $200,000 going toward digital advertising.

The group’s first 30-second spot focuses on evidence that Kean, who describes himself as “pro-choice,” cannot be trusted to protect abortion rights, including a reference to his support for anti-abortion Republicans’ bids to become speaker of the House.

“Tom Kean Jr. has spent 23 years in Trenton and D.C. trying to strip away women’s rights,” the ad states. “Kean Jr. voted to punish doctors, refused to protect IVF fertility treatments. Now he’s supporting the extremists trying to ban abortion nationwide.”

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