Grace Panetta | The 19th

When accounting for independent expenditures cumulatively larger than $5,000 per candidate, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Nevada and Michigan have seen the most outside spending in federal races from the four super PACs.

South Carolina gubernatorial candidate Joe Cunningham’s newest ad features a woman named Fran sharing her story of surviving a rape and getting an abortion at age 12, part of a growing trend in Democratic campaign ads.