Crossroads launches $10M offensive, branches into House races

The powerful conservative groups American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS are launching a new, $10-plus million advertising offensive hitting every level of the 2012 campaign — including the Crossroads groups’ first ad this cycle in a U.S. House race.

The bulk of the organizations’ spending is still aimed at capturing the White House and Senate for Republicans. American Crossroads, the super PAC arm of the Crossroads family, is putting $8.3 million into the presidential race, while Crossroads GPS, the nonprofit 501(c)4 that does not disclose its donors, is pumping $2.3 million into Senate and House races.

The new presidential ads will appear in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia. In the fight for the Senate, Crossroads GPS is going after Democratic candidates in Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

The first Crossroads House target is New York’s 1st Congressional District, where Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop is in a tough race against Republican challenger Randy Altschuler. It’s just the beginning of a congressional campaign push that will add up to the “tens of millions,” a Crossroads official said.

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