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2014 campaigns target voters with television

Candidates for Congressional and state races are using television ads to reach potential voters.

Posted — Updated
Election 2014
By
Mark Binker
RALEIGH, N.C. — Even with social media, grassroots outreach and telephone calls in the mix, television commercials remain one of the most visible ways political candidates, their allies and opponents try to reach voters. 

Spending in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race on ads alone topped $10 million early in 2014, and appears headed to a record-setting year.

We'll use this blog post to catalog ads aired in that race as well as other political campaigns throughout the state. 

U.S. Senate Ads

{{a href="external_link-13607837" }}"Kay Hagan - Wrong for North Carolina"{{/a}}
Ad supports: Thom Tillis
Ad opposes: Kay Hagan 
Paid for by:  U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: Governor steps into GOP Senate primary
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Conservative Leader
Ad supports: Mark Harris
Paid for by: Harris campaign 
Approximate Amount Spent: $300,000
Approximate time on air: April 10, 2014 through May 6. 
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Guts
Ad supports: Thom Tillis
Paid for by: American Crossroads
Approximate Amount Spent: $1.1 million
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: Rove-affiliated American Crossroads airs ads for Tillis
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Obamacare for the Mortgage Industry
Ad opposes: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: 60 Plus Association
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Does mortgage industry bill cost "average investors" retirement savings?
Bracket
Ad opposes: Thom Tillis
Paid for by: Senate Majority PAC
Approximate ad buy: $1 million
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: Senate Majority PAC brackets Tillis
Fact Check: Not conducted
Clean air champion
Ad supports: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Approximate ad buy: $500,000 
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: Two more outside ads for Hagan
Fact Check: Not conducted
Paper route
Ad supports: Thom Tillis
Paid for by: Thom Tillis campaign
Approximate ad buy: $1 million
Approximate time on air: March and April 2014
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: Thom Tillis reaches back to his paper boy roots
Fact Check: Not conducted
Bad company
Ad opposes: Thom Tillis
Paid for by: Patriot Majority
Approximate ad buy: $500,000
Approximate time on air: February 2014
Markets: Charlotte, Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Patriot Majority ad hits Tillis on health care positions
Let's clean up her mess
Ad supports: Thom Tillis
Paid for by: Thom Tillis campaign 
Approximate ad buy: $300,000
Approximate time on air: Jan. 2014
Markets: Western NC, eastern NC, Triad
WRAL Report: Tillis getting ready to air his first campaign ad
Fact Check: Not conducted
Tell Kay Hagan ObamaCare hurts North Carolina
Ad opposes: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: Americans for Prosperity
Approximate Amount Spent: $900,000
Approximate time on air: Jan. 2013
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted
Count on
Ad supports: Kay Hagan 
Ad opposes: Thom Tillis
Paid for by: Senate Majority PAC
Approximate ad buy: $750,000
Approximate time on air: Dec. 2013
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: New Dem PAC ad targets Tillis
Fact Check: Not conducted
See it
Ad supports: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: The League of Conservation Voters
Approximate ad buy: $300,000
Approximate time on air: November 2013
Markets: Triad
WRAL Report: 
Fact Check: Not conducted
It just doesn't work
Ad opposes: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: Americans for Prosperity
Approximate Amount Spent: $1.5 million in 11/13; $1.4 million in 2/14
Approximate time on air: Nov. 2013; Feb. 2014
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: AFP spends $1.4 million to re-run ad slamming Hagan
Fact Check: AFP's 'It's about people'
False
Ad opposes: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: Patriot Majority
Approximate Amount Spent: $600,000
Approximate time on air: November 2013
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted
Tell Kay Hagan #ExemptMeToo
Ad opposes: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: Americans for Prosperity
Approximate Amount Spent: $1.7 million
Approximate time on air: Beginning Oct. 29 into November.
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report: AFP ad targets Hagan on Affordable Care Act
Fact Check: AFP's "Just Exempt Me" ad attacking Hagan
American Chemistry Council pro-Hagan ad
Ad supports: Kay Hagan
Paid for by: American Chemistry Council
Approximate Amount Spent: $100,000
Approximate time on air: August 2013
Markets: Triad
WRAL Report: Sunlight on Chemistry Council ads
Fact Check: Not conducted

2nd Congressional District Ads

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Ad supports: Clay Aiken
Paid for by: Clay Aiken campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Right
Ad supports: Keith Crisco 
Paid for by: Keith Crisco campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Fight
Ad supports: Renee Ellmers 
Paid for by: Renee Ellmers campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Crisco
Ad supports: Keith Crisco
Paid for by: Keith Crisco campaign
Approximate Amount Spent: 
Approximate time on air: Spring 2013
Markets: Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted

6th Congressional District Ads

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Ad supports: Laura Fjeld
Paid for by: Laura Fjeld campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Voices
Ad supports: Phil Berger Jr.
Paid for by: Phil Berger Jr. campaign.
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triad
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Defining broken politics
Ad supports: Bruce VonCannon
Paid for by: Bruce VonCannon campaign.
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triad
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Fixing broken politics
Ad supports: Bruce VonCannon
Paid for by: Bruce VonCannon campaign.
Approximate Amount Spent: 
Approximate time on air: March 2014
Markets: Triad
WRAL Report: 
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Keep your promises
Ad supports: Phil Berger Jr.
Paid for by: Phil Berger Jr. campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: March, April 2013
Markets: Triad, Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted

7th Congressional District Ads

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Ad supports: David Rouzer 
Paid for by: David Rouzer campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Triangle
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
God-Given Liberties
Ad supports: Woody White
Paid for by: Woody White campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014 
Markets: Statewide
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
Driving
Ad supports: David Rouzer
Paid for by: David Rouzer campaign.
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: April 2014
Markets: Eastern NC
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted.
New Republican leadership
Ad supports: Woody White
Paid for by: Woody White campaign
Approximate Amount Spent:
Approximate time on air: March, April 2013
Markets: Triangle, eastern NC
WRAL Report:
Fact Check: Not conducted
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