Joe Carraro became this week the first candidate in the 1st Congressional District race to run ads on television.
Here’s the Republican candidate’s 30-second spot, which he narrates himself. It’s currently airing.
In the ad, Carraro cites recent poll numbers that found 81 percent of Americans think the nation is headed in the wrong direction and gave Congress an approval rating of 11 percent. And he takes a shot at his GOP primary opponent, Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White, pointing out that, “while the sheriff runs for Congress, crime keeps going up.” The screen cites a statistic that calls Albuquerque’s crime rate the third highest in the nation.
“We can’t send someone inexperienced to Congress,” Carraro says. He then talks about his 20 years of experience as a state senator and asks for votes.