Stories like Teachout's are reminders that elections are shaped by the political environment of the moment. Anti-establishment progressives say Dems lost in Obama years because they didn't focus on ideas. But if that's true, why did Teachout lose by 9 points in 2016?https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/986263191402549248 …
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Link to outside spending totals:https://www.opensecrets.org/races/outside-spending?cycle=2016&id=NY19&spec=N …
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Again, overall the spending was roughly equal, but because of ad rates, she definitely got more ads on the air.
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(Also, say what you will about the DCCC generally but they spent buckets of money in NY-19)
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