There may be no one senator spotlighted so intensely about her vote against background checks for gun-buyers as New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte. Fifty percent of New Hampshire voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling after the vote said they would be...
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Members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America wait to enter the office of Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) at Russell Senate Office Building on April 17, 2013 in Washington, DC. The group held a 'Stroller Jam' event to call on senators to vote to strengthen gun regulations.
Kelly Ayotte Gets Her Gun Ads
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Jerry Brown, governor of California, in Sacramento, California.
Jerry Brown: Rick Perry’s Radio Ads ‘Barely’ (Ahem, Register) in California
Gov. Jerry Brown isn’t worried about the miniscule amount of money that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is spending on radio ads airing in California urging companies there to leave for the Lone Star state. The 30-second ad features Perry knocking...
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Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock gestures during a news conference in Indianapolis, on Oct. 24, 2012, to explain the comment he made during last night Senate debate. Mourdock said that when a woman becomes pregnant during a rape, "that's something God intended."
Obama Radio Ad Revives Romney Tie to Mourdock
Barack Obama wants Colorado voters to remember a certain Indiana Senate candidate when they pick a president next week. An Obama radio ad in Denver spins through the Richard Mourdock rape comment controversy, using newscasts and a conversation between a...
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A couple with their marriage license after their wedding ceremony at the Manhattan City Clerk's office in New York.
Obama Appeals to Gay Marriage Supporters in `Live-Free’ N.H.
“What are you going to tell them? You were too busy? You didn’t think it mattered?” a woman asks in an advertisement now playing on radios in New Hampshire. “Is that what you’re going to to tell your friends who...
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Rebecca Fernandez of Miami protests outside of the University of Miami where Mitt Romney was attending a Meet the Candidates forum held by Univision, on Sept. 19, 2012, in Coral Gables, Fla.
Radio Politics: Priorities USA, Americans for Prosperity on Air
There’s little sanctuary from campaign advertising. The messages even follow voters to and from work while driving, thanks in part to two large radio buys announced this week. This morning, Priorities USA Action and the American Federation of State, County...
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