Anti-Trump ads from “Club For Growth” are running in MO / IL markets. At least one pro-Rubio ad, too (PAC ad - not sure which one.) No Trump ads yet, that I know of, but I have to believe that for Trump to prevail, he’s going to have to start advertising heavily. There’s only so much media / Establishment onslaught anyone could take, unanswered, before it begins to take a toll. Trump needs to get back to his agenda, strongly.
I’ve only heard that Trump is running ads in FL and OH. I don’t know why he isn’t making more of a play for IL. On paper it should be a good state for him, but perhaps not if he doesn’t really try to win it. He’s going to be doing a big rally in Chicago, but he really should be running lots of ads and building up more of a ground game there.
I’m pretty sure that he only had one rally in IL last year (think it was in Springfield). If he doesn’t make any other appearances, the Chicago rally will only be his second in the state. I’m a little frightened that 2 rallies and a minimal ground game is not enough for a big, important winner-take-all state like IL. I wonder if Rubio doing so poorly on Saturday won’t hurt his momentum, perhaps allowing Trump to eke out a win (unless, of course, Cruz takes a huge chunk of Rubio’s votes and comes out with a surprise win himself).