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Democratic Governors Group Fires Back At Republican Counterparts In Governor's Race

Screenshot of Democratic Governors' Association ad airing in Ohio governor's race
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Screenshot of Democratic Governors' Association ad airing in Ohio governor's race

The same day that Republican Mike DeWine aired his first ad of this fall’s governor’s race, a group of Democratic governors launched their ad against him.

Richard Cordray started his TV ad campaign earlier this month. But this commercial is from the Democratic Governors’ Association, and it goes after ads from the group’s Republican counterpart.

The script reads: “Mike DeWine’s special interest allies are making false attacks on Rich Cordray. Because Rich Cordray has spent his life taking on the big banks and drug companies — the very companies funding DeWine.”

One of those Republican Governors’ Association ads has been labeled “mostly false” by Politifact. It’s unclear how much the Democratic Governors’ Association – which is a super PAC – has spent on the ad buy.  But the ad does mention “dark money” spent in support of Republican candidates. Dark money is raised by groups on both sides and will likely continue to be, as this race is expected to set a spending record.

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Karen Kasler
Contact Karen at 614/578-6375 or at kkasler@statehousenews.org.