The Judicial Crisis Network — a leading Washington, D.C., conservative judicial group — on Monday dropped a major political investment in Iowa and across the country regarding the on-going Supreme Court nomination battle.

As chairman, Grassley, 82, oversees the judicial confirmation process and has repeatedly refused to hold hearings on the Supreme Court nominations this year, to the dismay of Democrats and some Republicans. He has said he would like to see hearings held after a new president is elected and sworn in next year.

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The ad buy will bring the network’s total spending to almost $4 million since Scalia’s death. Of that, $2 million was spent to oppose Garland.

The 30-second ad spot showcases Grassley as both an influential voice on Capitol Hill and as a seemingly average Iowa farmer, standing behind a large stack of hay.

The TV ads are now airing in Iowa, North Dakota, West Virginia, Colorado and New Hampshire, while the digital and radio versions are airing in Iowa, Colorado, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, and West Virginia.

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The Iowa ads first went live on YouTube on March 18.

“The goal of this effort is to inform and alert the citizens of Iowa that in opposing President Obama’s third liberal nominee to the Supreme Court, Sen. Grassley is also opposing liberal domination of the court and that, with the presidential election so close, he is right to allow the people of Iowa a voice in this lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court,” Severino said in a statement released Monday.

The National Federation of Independent Business — a Nashville-based conservative lobbying organization — has also voiced its opposition to the nomination.

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