Sentences with phrase «attack ads run»

Cahill said he approved the ads to defend the lottery against attack ads run by the Republican Governors Association, which he feared could damage the lottery's image and hurt sales.

In 1972, Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern proposed sending an annual check of $ 1,000 to every American but changed his mind after it became the subject of attack ads run by his Republican opponent, Richard Nixon, who himself had previously flirted with the idea.

Not exact matches

Cassidy has run ads attacking Landrieu for not forcing a vote in the senate to approve the pipeline while she has been chair of the senate energy committee.

The ad that ran yesterday in Politico, Roll Call, The Hill and other publications calling for the «privatization» of Planned Parenthood and attacking its founder Margaret Sanger has nothing to do with money.

It is McCain who is running negative ads attacking Obama's character.

Plouffe's response was that campaigns need to take negative messages spread online from person to person as seriously as they would a negative TV ad or a direct attack from an opponent in a public appearance, providing yet another example of the extent to which the Obama team understood the changed media environment in which they ran.

Nan Hayworth's campaign just sent out an email to supporters asking for donations to help run a new negative ad attacking her challenger Sean Patrick Maloney for being a «carpetbagger.»

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed plan to limit the sale of soda and other sugary drinks to containers that are 16 ounces or less has drawn national attention, been widely criticized by editorial boards and columnists, and has made him a target for attacks from several groups including the Center for Consumer Freedom which ran an full page ad in the New York Times.

Cuomo has been running ads that seek to contrast his own experience with Paladino's and seek to turn the «Albany insider» attack back on his opponent by highlighting his campaign contributions and the fact that he has benefitted from Empire Zone tax breaks without creating many jobs.

Well, not willingly — a week or two back, Warren's campaign for Massachusetts senator was running online display ads asking for donations to her «response fund» to reply to the television attacks Rove's American Crossroads had launched against her (I was too swamped...

(CNN)-- While it remains unclear if national Republicans will run ads in Delaware supporting Christine O'Donnell, Democrats are already up with a spot attacking the surprise Senate nominee.

Ads attacking Democratic candidates were run by Crossroads GPS as well as the National Republican Campaign Committee.

Democrat David Weprin has been under attack from his Republican opponent Bob Turner, who has been running ads playing up Weprin's support of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero.

The state Democratic Party is out with yet another attack TV ad this time targeting both GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino AND (I believe for the first time) his running mate, Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, who has been running his re-election campaign entirely through TV ads and has steadfastly refused to even acknowledge the many attacks from his GOP / Conservative challenger, Jay Townsend, has finally agreed to debate, the senator's office confirmed.

The independent spending also highlights New York State's notoriously lax campaign - finance laws, which in many instances do not require groups that run attack ads to reveal anything about themselves.

Several labor groups have already run ads attacking Walker.

And the race between Republican state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, Democrat Kathleen Hochul, the Erie County clerk, and Jack Davis, a once - conservative Democrat who is running as a so - called tea party candidate, is becoming more and more a referendum on House Republican plans to alter Medicare, as both sides filling the airwaves with television ads attacking the other side over Medicare.

Ad No. 2, which is also running on cable stations in the district, is a bit more traditional, focusing on a tried - and - true GOP line of attack to which over-taxed Long Island residents are no doubt extra sensitive.

The Buffalo News recently reported that the political arm of NYSUT, which has endorsed Panepinto in his primary battle with former Buffalo Councilman and state Senator Al Coppola, has been running attack ads and sending out mailers that depict Grisanti as not sufficiently conservative to represent the 60th Senate District.

* Conservative advocacy group Crossroads GPS is out with an ad running on national cable, attacking unionized government workers and highlighting President Obama's ties to unions.

Leonard Litwin, one of the state's biggest real - estate developers and one of New York's most prolific donors to politicians of all stripes, including Governor Andrew Cuomo, may have helped fund a Virginia outfit that ran TV attack ads that helped Skelos and the Republicans retain a majority in 2012.

National Republicans held out some hope that moderate state Rep. Steve Huffman might be able to defeat Graf, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee smartly began running television ads attacking Huffman's credentials on illegal immigration — a move that likely ended his chances.

Neumann, who announced his decision on WTMJ radio in Milwaukee, refrained from criticizing Thompson even though the former governor has been the target of attack ads being run statewide by the national conservative Republican group Club for Growth.

The state Democratic Party is running attack ads against the Republican candidate for governor, while the GOP candidate is fighting back in an internet video.

Murray garnered lots of attention for the group by having them run an ad, made by Warfield, attacking the prosecutor who was going after arch-conservative former House majority leader Tom Delay on money - laundering charges.

Here's her chance — call on your well - heeled allies in the DCCC to remove this demonstrably false attack ad and run on your own merits,» said Faso.

Predictably, Graham is «disgusted that Andrew Gillum would allow a secret - money group to run a false attack against a fellow Democrat,» and Gillum's side disclaimed responsibility for the ad.

The ad - by the same public relations firm that launched the «Swift boat» attacks on John Kerry when he ran against George Bush in 2004 election - is designed to convince people to oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.

Murphy, on the other hand — facing an election against Christie's lieutenant governor — ran an ad in which he stood in front of the George Washington Bridge and used it as a prop for one of his sharpest attacks.

But the press conference quickly turned political, when the head of the subway workers union, John Samuelson, an ally of the Governor's, was asked about these ads his union has been running, attacking Mayor Bill de Blasio.

F.E.S has been a major agitator of the de Blasio administration over the last year, running ads criticizing the mayor's stance on charters and recently attacking chancellor Carmen Fariña for her comments that some charter schools under - enroll special needs students.

For example, in one investigation, the Commission has uncovered seeming coordination between two party housekeeping accounts, in which one bankrolled attack ads that were run in the other's name.»

However, what Gabrieli's entry into the race * does * do is cause a high spending primary where candidates will run lots of TV ads possibly attacking each other, all to the detriment of Democratic chances in the general election.

Second, the DCCC carries a HUGE financial edge over the National Republican Congressional Committee and its independent expenditure arm is already running ads in the district attacking Jenkins for his record on taxes.

In a district attorney election last month, the Democratic candidate, Madeline Singas, ran television ads pledging to attack graft and showing her popular Republican opponent shaking hands with Mr. Skelos, who was then awaiting trial.

Rep. Jerry McNerney (D) ran a competent campaign but was significantly aided by millions of dollars worth of ads pumped into the district by environmental groups attacking Rep. Richard Pombo (R).

The Senate G.O.P. «took money designed for building their own party, and transferred it to the Independence Party who ran attack ads.»

With a new state budget due by April 1, the union representing City University faculty and staff is expanding its attacks on Gov. Cuomo's funding proposals with new ads set to begin running this week online and on New York City TV.

Similar attack ads in the past were run by the health care workers union against former Govs. George Pataki and Eliot Spitzer.

Sanders proudly speaks of never running a negative campaign ad in his political career, and his campaign has not run any advertising directly attacking Clinton.

With just 25 days until he competes with Mr. Pataki in the Independence and Conservative Party primaries, Mr. Golisano, a billionaire businessman making his third run for governor, mounted his first serious attack on the Republican incumbent, with three new ads being broadcast in every part of the state.

The Grimm campaign declined to disclose the size of the ad buy, though the team said the new piece's run would be comparable to that of its previous attack spot, «Tax - Raising Machine.»

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The same day Rhodes said he would run, a coalition of progressive groups calling itself Save My Care released ads attacking House Republicans — including ones targeting Faso, Lee Zeldin of Long Island and Elise Stefanik, of upstate Willsboro — who voted for the bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The Karl Rove - led American Crossroads super PAC, which backed Stefanik, launched attack ads targeting Doheny's prior runs for office.

«I haven't seen this mailer, but I'm just telling you, if you're going to run for governor, tell me what you're going to do, and trying to attack Ralph Northam, a VMI graduate and Army doctor, who served our troops who had been injured and was a doctor for them, who has been a great state senator, a great lieutenant governor, and for Enron Ed to come in here and do these divisive ads against Ralph Northam is a disgrace.»

Some also funded attack ads against de Blasio's chief rival, Christine Quinn, in the 2013 mayoral campaign, in a deliberate end run around the campaign finance system.

The conservative Traditional Values Coalition is already running TV ads attacking four senators, including Nebraska's Bob Kerrey (D), for voting last October against an amendment that would have required scientists to document the source of fetal tissues.

As recently as 2000 during the presidential race, the Republican National Committee ran an ad attacking the policies of Al Gore in which the word rats briefly flashed on the screen.