Connecticut Spared the Barrage of Advocacy Ads...So Far

  
Only one group-the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-has jumped into the Senate race






  

    

      
By Deirdre Shesgreen - Connecticut Mirror

      
Published: Sep 30, 2010

    

    

                   
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An advocacy group ad targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada

            
          
    

          

      

	 



	WASHINGTON-There's the JFK ad. The cap-and-trade ad. And even the "I'm sick of her ads" ad.



	But if you think the U.S. Senate campaign has been hogging Connecticut's television airwaves, know that it could get a lot worse.



	Independent advocacy groups have largely steered clear of airing TV spots in Connecticut's Senate and House races so far this election cycle, even as they pour millions of dollars into other hotly contested congressional campaigns around the country.



	Nationally, advocacy groups have spent a combined $31 million to buy more than 53,000 TV spots in Senate campaigns around the country, according to data compiled by The Wesleyan Media Project, which is tracking political ads in the 2010 elections. The figures cover ads run from Jan. 1 through Sept. 15.



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Ned Lamont at live taping of Where We Live at CCSU
  Photo:Christine Stuart, CT News Junkie
        

                        

          More Money in Politics        

        
                

          

	Ned Lamont, when asked about his $26 million investment in two failed runs for higher office told WNPR's Where We Live, “I think it’s the best investment I could have made. I really do.”  The program, "Money, Power and Politics" was taped in front of an audience at Central Connecticut State University.  Coverage here from Christine Stuart of CTNewsJunkie.com.

        

              

            

 
        

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