Dems' Ad Buys Show Race Down to 14 States
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Sen. John Kerry and the Democratic Party are limiting television advertising to just 14 states as the fall campaign opens, curbing their ambitions for a broader playing field against President Bush. The shift reduces Missouri, Colorado, Arizona and four Southern states to second-tier status.
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There are just eight weeks until Nov. 7, the Election Day on which the nationÃ¢ÂÂs voters will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate and House and 36 of the 50 state governorships. Yet today, Sept. 12, is one of the busiest days on this yearÃ¢ÂÂs primary calendar, with nine states Ã¢ÂÂ Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin Ã¢ÂÂ holding their primary contests.
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BOSTON -- When former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney began airing television ads in a handful of states last winter, his opponents paid little notice. Early advertising in presidential campaigns -- particularly commercials broadcast almost 11 months before the first contests -- seemed a classic...
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On Feb. 9, three states and one territory hold Democratic contests with 161 delegates at stake. Three states hold Republican contests with 74 delegates up for grabs.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - The presidential election is 14 months away and with as many as 17 candidates now running, U.S. television and radio broadcasters are elated at the prospect of billions more in advertising dollars.
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Democrats have a shot at taking control of a majority of governorships for the first time since 1994.
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Details of a new television ad from Democrat John Kerry to begin airing Wednesday:
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The leading Democratic candidates capped months of expensive advertising Wednesday with evening news appeals to Iowa voters as Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton focused on change and John Edwards relied on a laid-off worker to make his case.
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Imagine: You turn on the TV and see a campaign ad. Your neighbor down the hall, watching the same channel at the same moment, sees a different ad selected for her in part because she's Hispanic, single, owns a dog and drinks Bud Light.
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Presidential campaigns are hoarding money for a coming advertising blitz &#151; mostly in Iowa and New Hampshire &#151; during the final three months of the year on airwaves already saturated with candidate commercials.
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A look at efforts by the Democrats and the Republicans to register new voters in battleground states:
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Previewing its fall strategy, John Kerry's presidential campaign will buy &#36;45 million worth of commercial time in 20 states through Election Day, including spots on cable television and advertising geared toward minorities.
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Television ads for state Supreme Court races have popped up in an unprecedented 15 states this year, running up record tabs and upping the ante of what had long been generally sleepy affairs.
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A Democrat whose organization spent about &#36;6 million to get out the Hispanic vote for Sen. John Kerry criticized the campaign's effort on Tuesday and warned that Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job.
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John Kerry will begin his post-Labor Day advertising blitz in seven states from New Hampshire to New Mexico, his political Ground Zero for a &#36;50 million campaign scheduled to expand into another 13 states by Nov. 2.
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A close U.S. presidential race is providing a selective boon in political advertising for media companies, as candidates hone their strategies by state and even city, media buyers and analysts said on Wednesday.
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The Democratic Party launched a costly round of ads Friday to buttress John Kerry's credentials to be commander in chief as the White House accused the Massachusetts senator of "losing his cool" over attacks on his war record.