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Michael Bloomberg drops $9.5 million on ads targeting 2 GOP congressmen in Calif.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Bloomberg's political action committee has launched a major ad campaign aimed at unseating Republican Reps. Dana Rohrabacher and Steve Knight of California.

The intervention by the former New York City mayor has further tilted California ad spending in Democrats' favor in the final two weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm election.

Bloomberg's Independence USA PAC reported spending $4.4 million on advertising against Rohrabacher and $5.1 million to promote Knight's Democratic challenger, Katie Hill.

It is part of the PAC's expected $11

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