AS SEEN ON TV: Which Ads Are In Heavy Rotation On Election Eve?

Here are the ads I have seen Sunday/Monday a.m.:

--The Republican State Leadership Committee, through the Business Leaders For Arizona group, is running their anti-Rotellini (AG) ad heavy in the final days.  I saw it aired at least three times in the past 24 hours. 
--The apparently-illegal ad by the Committee For Justice and Fairness/Democratic Attorneys General Association against Horne (AG) is still running.  View it here, and read our coverage elsewhere on this blog.
--Goddard for Governor/. View it here.
--Hulburd vs. Quayle, frat house. View it here.
--Horne vs. Rotellini (2X). View the 15-second spot here.
--NRCC vs. Mitchell (debt clock) (2X).  View it here.
--Mitchell vs. Schweikert (3X).  View it here.
--Quayle, choosing teams (2X).  View it here.
--SuperPAC for America, The Arizona Three.  View it here.
--Cherny vs. Ducey, franchisees.  View it here, fact check here.


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AS SEEN ON TV: Some New Ads Appear On Screen; Format of the Future? 15-second Attack Ad?

The Club For Growth is running ads frequently - on cable - against Rep. Harry Mitchell (Dem. CD5).  Gubernatorial nominees Jan Brewer (GOP) and Terry Goddard (Dem.) are both starting to advertise more heavily.  And, the apparently-illegal CFJF/DAGA ad attacking GOP AG nominee Tom Horne is still airing. 

Seen on TV - broadcast and cable - over past 24 hours:
--Hulburd vs. Quayle (frat house)
--NRCC vs. Kirkpatrick (resume) (2X)
--Tom Horne vs. Rotellini, 15-second attack (2x)
--Business Leaders for Arizona vs. Rotellini (3x)
--Mitchell vs. Schweikert (2x)
--Brewer
--McCain
--NRCC vs. Mitchell (debt clock) (2x)
--Schweikert vs. Mitchell (do they - Mitchell and Pelosi - know what they have done?)
--Horne
--Cherny vs. Ducey
--SuperPAC vs. 3 Dems.
--Goddard (3x)
--Club for Growth vs. Mitchell (2x)
--Schweikert, feat. McCain (2x)
--CFJF/DAGA vs. Horne

Please add the ads you have seen!



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AS SEEN ON TV: Which Last-Minute Ads Have YOU Seen?

Well, we are now officially into the last week of (this portion of) the campaign.  I missed the 10-pm news (saw it at 11:30), but luckily for me, Letterman's show was peppered with negative ads, too.  So, here is my non-scientific-yet-helpful list; it gives us an idea of how the money is being spent (although our "Following Money In Arizona's Politics" posts hopefully give us a better idea of that) and what an average viewer might see.

--NRCC vs. Kirkpatrick, the town hall spot
--DCCC vs. Schweikert, the mismanagement spot
--Cherny vs. Ducey, the Cold Stone spot (previously Fact Checked here)
--NRCC vs Kirkpatrick, report card spot
--Hulburd vs. Quayle, frat house spot (shared here)
--SuperPAC for America, The AZ 3 spot
--DCCC vs. Gosar, Moral Compass spot (shared here)
--Mitchell vs. Schweikert, hybrid neg/post spot
--NRCC vs. Mitchell, national debt clock spot (shown twice)
--Rotellini vs. Horne fraud spot (shared here)

I would like to make this a group effort. Please post a synopsis of the ads you see on TV, hear on radio, or receive in the mail. The more details, the better. Links or scans are better still. And, since many of us shy away from commenting on blog posts, feel free to e-mail me (info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com) instead.


And, as many political campaigns have become skilled at "releasing" ads without ever intending to actually spend money on airing them, these lists can be helpful because Arizona's Politics is more interested in writing about ads that are actually seeing airtime on Arizona TV or radio.




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AS SEEN ON TV: Team Ads the In Thing This A.M.

Teamwork seemed to be the theme this a.m.  I was at a gym this a.m. and actually got to see a bevy of political ads.  (I was very likely the only one there who was actually disappointed that the sound was down and that I could not hear the ominous voiceovers!)

A Ben Quayle ad came on, and he has now officially joined the Jon/John team.  His opponent, Jon Hulburd, on the other hand, got his picture matched up with the evil Nancy Pelosi and worst-Prez-ever Barack Obama.

Shortly after, the Superpac for America placed Democratic congressional incumbents Ann Kirkpatrick, Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords together on a team that is wrong for America.

Other ads airing on two local stations in the short time that I was burning calories were:
--Terry Goddard (two different ads, I believe, one a hybrid negative/positive, and one just positive)
--Tom Horne (negative)
--Felecia Rotellini (negative)
--Harry Mitchell and David Schweikert both had ads up
--the Committee against Prop. 109

Finally, I only caught the end of one ad, and I think the identifier said that it was paid for by the "Committee for Justice and Fairness." Unfortunately, I am unable to find any information about a committee here by that name; please let me know if you know who they are and/or what they were advertising.

I would like to make this a group effort. Please post a synopsis of the ads you see on TV, hear on radio, or receive in the mail. The more details, the better. Links or scans are better still.  And, since many of us shy away from commenting on blog posts, feel free to e-mail me (info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com) instead.


And, as many political campaigns have become skilled at "releasing" ads without ever intending to actually spend money on airing them. Arizona's Politics is more interested in publicizing ads that are actually seeing airtime on Arizona TV or radthose as we are in sharing and fact checking ads that are in fact getting (paid) airplay.







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