{"id":3262,"date":"2008-05-22T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/first-udall-tv-ads-begin-running-today\/"},"modified":"2008-05-22T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T14:10:00","slug":"first-udall-tv-ads-begin-running-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/05\/first-udall-tv-ads-begin-running-today\/","title":{"rendered":"First Udall TV ads begin running today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Tom Udall<\/a> begins running his first TV ads of the campaign today, commercials that introduce him to voters and highlight his years in public service.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the first, a 60-second spot about Udall\u2019s record as a congressman and the state\u2019s former attorney general:<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the second, a 30-second spot that talks about Udall\u2019s commitment to veterans:<\/p>\n

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Both focus on family, with the first ad talking about Udall\u2019s grandmother Louise Lee, who was born in Luna<\/st1:city>, N.M.<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, in 1893. The ad characterizes Udall as a tough crime fighter and, in Udall\u2019s own words, someone who has done what\u2019s right for New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> \u201cno matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the second ad, Udall reflects on his father\u2019s military service. The ad talks about Udall\u2019s work on behalf of veterans and a proposal for a new G.I. Bill<\/a> to help veterans afford college.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese first ads will help New Mexicans see that Tom Udall has the integrity to do what\u2019s right for New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>,\u201d Udall campaign manager Amanda Cooper said in a news release. \u201cAs attorney general and congressman, Tom has a long record of fighting for the people of New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. He\u2019s repeatedly taken on the special interests because it was the right thing to do for the people of New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>. And he\u2019ll continue to do that in the United States Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cooper sent an e-mail to Udall supporters on Wednesday asking for campaign contributions to help keep the ads on the air.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe GOP candidates are fighting tooth and nail in their primary and they only seem to have negative messages,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIn contrast, we wanted to stick with Tom\u2019s positive message of doing what\u2019s right for New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In asking for money, Cooper wrote that the Udall campaign is running TV ads \u201cearlier than we had budgeted for\u201d because of negative attacks from the GOP candidates.<\/p>\n

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Udall\u2019s TV ads are running statewide, according to the news release. They come a day after Udall began running his first radio ad of the campaign, which is similar to the TV ads. Click here<\/a> to listen to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Tom Udall begins running his first TV ads of the campaign today, commercials that introduce him to voters and highlight his years in public service. Here\u2019s the first, a 60-second spot about Udall\u2019s record as a congressman and the state\u2019s former attorney general: Here\u2019s the second, a 30-second spot that talks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}