Ben Kamisar

National Political reporter @NBCPolitics / Political Unit. @northwesternU grad. Sandwiches are the great equalizer.

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

Grateful for everyone’s health and for my amazing colleagues. See you all after New Hampshire!

[Meet the Press @MeetThePress]

WATCH: The newest member of the #MTP family was born on October 1, the daughter of NBC News' @bkamisar and his wife Shelby.

Welcome, Evelyn Lopez Kamisar!

[Henry J. Gomez @HenryJGomez]

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign has confirmed it made the attack ad that features Amy Acton's estranged mother — and that it plans a $4 million ad buy around it.

https://t.co/CJykeqTxyV

[Andrew Arenge @MrArenge]

Just published an update to the interactive dashboard tracking digital political ad spending across all 435 CDs: https://t.co/nbvtPk55m2

- $130M has been spent on CD targeted digital ads on Meta + Google this cycle
- Political advertisers spending ~$1.1M a day in CDs right now

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

Mazel tov to everyone who gets a percentage off the spend here.

[AdImpact Politics @AdImpact_Pol]

Today, we crossed $9B in aired ad spending for the 2025–2026 political cycle!

Aired:
🔴 $4.1B 🔵 $3.8B ⚪️ $1.1B

This cycle's aired spending has surpassed the final total of the 2021–22 cycle. 2019-20 saw $9.04B.

The 2023–24 cycle crossed $9B in aired spending on 10/23/24.

[Jonathan Allen @jonallendc]

Republicans pulling money out of TX-28 and pushing it over to TX-34, per Ad Impact reports on CLF and No Going Back PAC

[Phil Prazan @PhilPrazan]

I spoke with Rep. James Talarico earlier today in Dallas. I ask him about:

-getting the flu

-the claim he was getting treatment for a stress-induced episode

-a debate update

More tonight at 5 and 10 pm.

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

Smart catch by a smart reporter @bridgetbhc -- three different GOP candidates pushed back on economic criticism by revealing they've been in direct contact with Trump Cabinet officials to try to address voters' econ struggles

https://t.co/Jq4ZxTFJ9Q

[Gary Grumbach @GaryGrumbach]

Ten years ago today: Ken Bone

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

New: Talarico's absence from the trail is causing some consternation among Democrats

"We don't want this right now."

w/ @RyanChandlerTV

https://t.co/utbswARHpk

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

Since 9/1, the GOP's made $700 million + in new ad bookings in congressional races , according to an NBC News analysis of data from AdImpact. That’s new money, on top of previous commitments, as the GOP throws money at the tenuous map.

https://t.co/pMJTxso1h8

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

Have you seen a bunch of super PAC ads during nationally televised football games this season? We previewed this in 2018 -- more campaigns realizing that shifts in viewership/flooded local ad rates sometimes makes a national buy a good buy.

https://t.co/r0uRaUSbij

[Andrew Arenge @MrArenge]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet that seems important

This ad is only being targeted at women in Texas.

Both the Google political ad data + the Facebook/Instagram political ad data indicate the same thing.

[Bridget Bowman @bridgetbhc]

New NBC News/Telemundo poll finds Latino voters are swinging away from Trump and Republicans.

Two-thirds say Trump’s policies have hurt the economy and that his immigration enforcement measures have gone too far. https://t.co/kTofJVE5Wg w/ @bkamisar

[Henry J. Gomez @HenryJGomez]

“It is really obvious to me that, at this very moment, Ted Cruz is running for president,” Vance told me. “At this moment, I’m not. I’m trying to help elect Republicans. That’s what I’m going to keep on doing.” https://t.co/MrtcfrF3lR

[Tyler Kingkade @tylerkingkade]

if you'd like to know where this came from, I wrote last year w @bkamisar about how many right-wing figures had been pushing this Nixon revisionism and getting more traction https://t.co/S3L27Py94L

[Bridget Bowman @bridgetbhc]

How 16 undecided voters are weighing their 2026 election options https://t.co/jcN6ajaBir w/ @HallieJackson @bkamisar & Sarah Sternhagen

[Scott Wong @scottwongDC]

Scoop: Congressional staffers planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France 2 weeks before election

The weeklong bipartisan trip — which included visits to a Ferrari factory, luxury brands in Milan or Florence & day trips to the Champagne wine region — was to be led by a top aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson.

It was canceled TODAY after @NBCNews asked about the itinerary. https://t.co/y5CUzeS6KV

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

This is a spectacular reporting project and some really great work from across @NBCNews teams -- it's worth your time. Great work by @jonallendc @frankthorp @MarshallCrook and a whole bunch more

https://t.co/ImpqEyjpLU

[Henry J. Gomez @HenryJGomez]

Vivek Ramaswamy won the #OHGov GOP primary in May with 82.4% of the vote.

But Amy Acton and the Democrats see opportunity this fall in the wide swath of rural counties where Ramaswamy won by smaller margins against a largely unknown opponent.

https://t.co/Prwe0yP4B5

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

A 9-percentage-point advantage for Democrats when it comes to control of Congress in @NBCNews' polling average is part of a steady deterioration of the political environment for Republicans.
https://t.co/6aj22KpzgB

[Ben Kamisar @bkamisar]

@Bencjacobs @BenjySarlin I cant, im too busy in my 96 team fantasy league