A mother who urged passage of Connecticut’s sweeping new gun controls after her son was shot to death in the Sandy Hook school massacre appears in a new campaign ad for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. “Gov. Malloy has the courage and conviction to stand up and do the right thing,” she says.
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In this Foley campaign ad, the testimonials are from 2010
Updated: August 2 Who are these working people with the Southern accents saying such nice things about Tom Foley in his latest campaign commercial? The ad doesn’t say, but at one time or another, Foley was their boss. Oh, if the spot looks familiar, it’s a rerun from his 2010 campaign.
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McKinney-Walker promise income tax cut in new commercials
With just two weeks left before the Republican primary, gubernatorial contender John P. McKinney unveiled new ads Tuesday that promise a middle-class income tax cut as the centerpiece of a new state budget-balancing plan.
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Ad wars escalate as McKinney accuses Foley of lying
In a new television commercial, John P. McKinney hits his Republican rival, Tom Foley, for suggesting in an ad that McKinney supported tax and other policies of the Democrat both are trying to unseat, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
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WNPR says McKinney edited its audio for attack on Foley
WNPR reported Thursday that John P. McKinney’s campaign for governor edited audio and video of Tom Foley in a misleading way for use in a television commercial. The McKinney campaign says the changes did not alter Foley’s position.
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Foley ad takes liberties with McKinney record
Tom Foley, the Republican convention-endorsed candidate for governor, roughs up his GOP rival, John P. McKinney, in a new tit-for-tat ad that still keeps his campaign’s focus on weakening the Democratic incumbent, Dannel P. Malloy. The spot leaves the incorrect impression McKinney voted for Malloy’s tax increase.
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A Malloy ad by Obama’s team that echoes Reagan
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s first re-election commercial was crafted by the firm behind President Obama’s successful campaigns, but its pacing, imagery and tone suggest the influence of the seminal ad that defined Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign: “It’s morning again in America.”
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The folks who want to sell you Connecticut’s next governor
Tom Foley is sticking with his image team from 2010. John P. McKinney hired the guys who tormented Foley that year. Dannel P. Malloy’s new ad guys cut their teeth on Obama campaigns and generated buzz in the New York mayoral primary. These are the people who are going to try to sell you a governor in 2014.
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Money assured, McKinney-Walker tape first TV ad
The Republican gubernatorial ticket of John P. McKinney and his running mate, David M. Walker, said Wednesday they have qualified for $1.35 million in public financing for the GOP primary and are rushing to air a commercial produced this week.
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Tom Foley a ‘regular guy’ and ‘great dad’ in first TV ad
Tom Foley, a Greenwich Republican repeatedly attacked by opponents in the 2010 race for governor as a hard-hearted businessman, is presented by his wife in the first television ad of the 2014 race as “a regular guy” and “a great dad, who would make a great governor.”
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Campaign enters new phase as Foley buys TV time
The low-key Republican primary for governor is about to get a higher profile: Tom Foley’s campaign has purchased about $40,000 of time on three broadcast stations, with the first commercials scheduled to air Monday.
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Yes, it’s that time again: Campaign ads return to CT airwaves
The snow is melting, the robins are back, the Red Sox are playing meaningful games again — and a candidate for state office in Connecticut has made the first TV buy of 2014. The ad is from Bob Eick, a Republican candidate for treasurer.