A DCCC aide said the $1.4 million in funds would be distributed to other races. DCCC pulls $1M in ads for Romanoff

National Democrats are canceling more than $1 million of planned commercial airtime for Colorado congressional candidate Andrew Romanoff — a sign of waning confidence in his prospects.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had reserved $1.4 million for TV spending to boost Romanoff in the final two weeks of his race against Republican Rep. Mike Coffman. But a DCCC aide said Friday that those funds would be distributed to other races.


Romanoff, a former state House speaker and unsuccessful 2010 Senate candidate, was once regarded as one of his party’s top 2014 hopefuls. But, with Republicans benefiting from a favorable national environment and Coffman running an energetic reelection campaign, Romanoff has seen his prospects dim.

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Private polling from both parties has consistently shown Coffman maintaining a lead in the race for Colorado’s 6th District, which spans part of the Denver suburbs.

The Colorado move is the latest in a series of painful spending decisions for Democrats, who must decide where to allocate funds in the final weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 midterm election. House Democrats, who face a 17-seat deficit in the chamber, are likely to see their delegation shrink further, perhaps by six to eight seats.

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The DCCC earlier announced this week that it would be pulling television funding in 13 GOP-held districts. Among the cold-blooded decisions was to cancel spending in the contest against Virginia Republican Barbara Comstock.

Democrats had already spent $1.8 million in the Colorado race, airing commercials casting Coffman as overly conservative on issues like abortion.