Posted on 05/15/2026 6:42:05 AM PDT by Libloather
A Washington-based super PAC that has spent a staggering $3.5 million to support physician Ala Stanford for an open Philadelphia congressional seat pulled its television advertising off the air this week with just days left until the election.
That is according to media tracking firm AdImpact, which shows that the “pro-science” political action committee, 314 Action Fund, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a week to air pro-Stanford TV commercials through much of March and April.
However, that changed last week. The group has spent virtually nothing on television since May 5, according to AdImpact, and has not reserved any television advertising in the final days of the race.
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314’s move to pull its TV advertising came after the organization commissioned a poll that showed that Stanford’s voter support had declined precipitously in recent weeks, according to two sources familiar with the polling who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly.
The super PAC released a poll in mid-April that showed Stanford with an edge over her two top rivals, Rabb and State Sen. Sharif Street. But by early May, shortly after a series of campaign missteps, 314’s polling showed Stanford was in a distant second place behind Rabb, the sources said. Street was in third.
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The primary will all but guarantee who will fill the seat representing Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, which is being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans. The district encompasses much of the western side of Philadelphia and is one of the bluest in the nation. No Republican has filed to run.
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The pickle is usually the easiest way to differentiate the man from the woman, unless you are the most incompetent Justice to ever serve on the Supreme Court.
Wikipedia: Ala Stanford
Impressive list of achievements; but Wiki's bio says nothing about her religion (her name rhymes with a foreign god, although that could be a coincidence) or the careers of her husband or grown children or the identity of her ex-spouse.
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