Scoop: Dem-aligned group launches 6-figure infrastructure push

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A Democrat-aligned advocacy group is kicking off a six-figure campaign backing President Biden’s mammoth infrastructure spending measure starting with ads targeting constituents of Sens. Joe Manchin and Susan Collins — the group tells Axios.

Why it matters: The American Working Families Action Fund (AWFAF) is one of the first groups to announce the launch of an independent digital and TV advertising effort aimed at selling the proposal to Congress and the public.

  • It will include a trio of videos and TV and digital ads targeting residents of West Virginia and Maine, states represented by Manchin, a Democrat, and Collins, a Republican — two senators crucial to the measure’s fate. Continue reading.