VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-16
“Outside groups are diverting millions into deep-red territory to build defensive moats, leaving pickup opportunities starved for cash in the final stretch,”
Michael Beckel · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-16
Beckel told CNBC that outside groups are spending defensively in deep-red states at the expense of offensive opportunities.
This quote was mechanically extracted from the cited article and verified as an exact substring of the source text before publication. Attribution follows the article's own wording.