Republican 2nd Congressional District candidate Monty Newman is promising to run a positive campaign despite negative attacks from two primary opponents, Aubrey Dunn Jr. and Ed Tinsley.
The attacks have come as Newman has become a more credible candidate in recent weeks. He’s being backed by the National Association of Realtors, whose political action committee has spent $1 million to promote Newman’s candidacy.
“Rather than telling you why you should not vote for someone else, I’m going to tell you why you should vote for me,” Newman said in a news release from his campaign. “I am a conservative Republican. As a father of a West Point graduate who is a veteran of the war in
As I’ve written, Tinsley has attacked Newman as a “bad deal for taxpayers.” Though I haven’t written about this, the Newman news release said Dunn has accused him of being soft on immigration.
“Despite the recent negative attacks, I will not go negative,” Newman said. “I don’t think the voters in the 2nd Congressional District deserve this type of campaign. I certainly do not. At the end of the day, we are all Republicans, and we must remember that in order to keep this seat in November.”
Newman said the attacks on him have been false and misleading, and detailed the reasons in the news release, which you can read by clicking here.