Supreme court vacancy sparks multimillion-dollar ad war to swing votes

Activist groups on the left and right are spending heavily on TV and digital advertising in an effort to win over key senators

A quick-fire multimillion-dollar TV and digital advertising battle is under way over Donald Trump’s imminent nomination of a new justice to sit on the US supreme court.

Conservative groups, which have typically been more energised and focused on the issue of judicial nominees, are now being matched by a surge of progressive activism and spending aimed at senators whose votes could prove decisive.

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