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Upping the Ante
BY Caitlin Ginley | April 25, 2008
The Democratic National Committee spends $500,000 on its ad campaign against Republican John McCain, Talking Points Memo reports.
TV for Two
BY Sarah Laskow | April 17, 2008
In the week before the Pennsylvania primary, the two Democratic candidates are shelling out almost $5 million for TV ads, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia stations will take in the most dough — more than $2.5 million.
Bucks in the Buckeye State
BY Caitlin Ginley | March 12, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama spent nearly twice as much as rival Hillary Clinton on media advertising in Ohio ($4.4 million versus $2.3 million), The New York Times reports, citing an analysis by the Wisconsin Advertising Project. Fifteen percent of the total spending came from such independent-expenditure groups as the pro-Clinton American Leadership Project.
Ad-ing Machine
BY Caitlin Ginley | February 20, 2008
A 527 group that’s backing Democrat Hillary Clinton will bankroll pro-Clinton television ads in the crucial primary states of Texas and Ohio, The Washington Post reports.
TV or Not TV
BY Caitlin Ginley | February 08, 2008
Democrat Barack Obama put more money into television advertising last year than Hillary Clinton, The Politico, a Washington-based political newspaper, reports. Obama’s campaign spent $31 million on TV advertising out of $83.4 million in total spending, Clinton’s $24.6 million out of $77 million.
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