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Liberal veterans' group invests $1 million between Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial contests
VoteVets, a liberal group that typically backs veterans running for office, is pouring $1 million into aggressive ad campaigns backing the Democratic candidates in Virginia's and New Jersey's gubernatorial contests with less than 30 days until Election Day.
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey, is a former Navy helicopter pilot. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for the same job in Virginia, was a CIA operations officer before entering politics.
The $500,000-apiece ad campaigns take direct aim at the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, and the GOP candidate in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears. VoteVets says both ads feature veterans of the armed services discussing economic difficulties and alleging a GOP governor would make things worse for them.
"After a decade of Coast Guard rescues, I came home to make a go of it. But Jersey is so damn expensive right now," a Coast Guard veteran says in the New Jersey ad. "And Jack Ciattarelli will make it worse. He already voted to raise property taxes and was even talking about a 10% sales tax."
Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee for governor of New Jersey, is a former Navy helicopter pilot. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic nominee for the same job in Virginia, was a CIA operations officer before entering politics.
The $500,000-apiece ad campaigns take direct aim at the Republican nominee for governor of New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, and the GOP candidate in Virginia, Winsome Earle-Sears. VoteVets says both ads feature veterans of the armed services discussing economic difficulties and alleging a GOP governor would make things worse for them.
"After a decade of Coast Guard rescues, I came home to make a go of it. But Jersey is so damn expensive right now," a Coast Guard veteran says in the New Jersey ad. "And Jack Ciattarelli will make it worse. He already voted to raise property taxes and was even talking about a 10% sales tax."
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/votevets-veteran-group-virginia-new-jersey-governor-spanberger-earle-sears-ciattarelli-sherrill/