What podcasts say about Dave Leventhal
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What Dave Leventhal has said on podcasts
22 statements · 11 positive · 5 negative · 6 neutral
Republican super PACs and party organizations have more money than Democrats.
“you got to give the advantage to the Republicans in the sense that their super PACs have more money. Their party apparatus has more money”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 35:55
Many Democratic candidates in key swing states have ample campaign funds.
“a lot of Democratic candidates, particularly those in key swing states where races are really close, they have plenty of money”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 37:44
Candidates receive lower advertising rates than super PACs and party committees.
“they're going to pay a lower rate for that by virtue of them being the actual candidate.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 37:58
James Tallarico has a financial advertising advantage over Ken Paxton.
“you have a big advantage over Ken Paxton, the Republican, because your money goes a longer way as the candidate and you have more of that money than Ken Paxton has.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 38:12
Buying national advertising was cheaper than buying individual Texas media markets in this case.
“when it is cheaper, at least in this narrow case, to purchase the whole country as opposed to purchasing in Dallas and Houston and San Antonio and Austin and Beaumont and Tyler and in the various media markets within Texas alone”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 41:27
National ad purchases for state races may recur in this election cycle.
“it may not be the only time that we see this happen. This may not be a one-off. This may not be an anomaly.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 41:52
2026 midterm advertising spending may be comparable to presidential-cycle spending.
“We're talking about money spend being comparable, at least when it comes to advertising, against presidential election cycles, too.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 46:52
Some billionaires are contributing hundreds of millions to midterm political entities.
“You have you have billionaires right now who are not spending money or giving money away to different super PACs and different entities in the tens of millions of dollars. They are doing it in the hundreds of millions of dollars for a midterm election cycle.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 47:03
George Soros, Elon Musk, and Jeff Yass are among those making such contributions.
“That is George Soros. That is Elon Musk. That's Jeff Yass.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 47:17
Political campaigns and groups should spend all available funds before Election Day.
“You want to get to zero. OK, you don't want anything left over. You want to empty your clip”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 49:28
Texas will likely receive the most Senate spending.
“Oh, yeah, that absolutely seems to be the case.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 50:09
Maine will likely lead Senate spending on a per-capita basis.
“But spending per capita almost certainly is going to be Maine”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 50:34
An unusually competitive primary season generated much of the election spending.
“what was... a bonkers primary season in and of itself, which frankly has generated so much of the spending.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 55:33
David Trone spent $25 million of his own money and lost Maryland’s Democratic primary.
“You had David Trone in Maryland spending $25 million of his own money in a House race only to lose the Democratic primary”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 56:05
Republicans are reducing investment in several potentially competitive races.
“Republicans in particular are just kind of giving up on at least a few races where they might have been competitive.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 59:12
Campaign spending reveals parties’ real-time priorities among races.
“It will tell you a lot about where the national mind-meld groupthink is for either party and how they are prioritizing those resources”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:03:46
Money can often be the best indicator of party priorities.
“money can oftentimes be... the best barometer”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:04:22
Dozens of members violated the STOCK Act during the past year.
“We've caught dozens and dozens over the past year violating the Stop Trading Uncongressional Knowledge Act”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:07:20
The congressional stock-trading ban proposal may return after the election.
“there's a big question as to whether it will come back.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:07:35
Democrats had an opportunity to ban or restrict congressional stock trading in 2021–2022.
“Democrats had an absolutely prime opportunity when they had congressional control in 2021 and 2022 to do exactly this and pass legislation that would ban this practice or otherwise restrict it.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:09:46
A congressional stock-trading restriction passed the House but failed in the Senate.
“It passed the U.S. House. OK, but that died in the Senate.”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:10:04
- on Public support for congressional stock-trading restrictionsPositiveOct 8, 2026· Politics Politics Politics
More than 80% of voters across parties support action on congressional stock trading.
“more than 80 percent of Democrats, Republicans and independents across the board want something to happen on this”
Open the episode · Are These Senate Races Widening or Tightening? The Most Expensive Midterms Ever (with Dave Levinthal)Listen at 1:10:10
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