WEST VIRGINIA POLITICS Gubernatorial Candidates Target Obama In Campaign Ads
Reported by: Bethany Simmons
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Associated Press
Reported: Sep. 17, 2012 9:24 AM EDT
Updated: Sep. 17, 2012 11:30 AM EDT
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
With less than two months until the general election, the race for governor in West Virginia is heating up – and the candidates actually seem to have one thing in common— fighting President Obama.
Both Republican candidate Bill Maloney and Democratic Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin have advertisements on air that speak out against the president.
Maloney's latest ad does not even mention Tomblin, instead it asks voters to send a message to Obama and he pledges to repeal the federal health care law, if elected.
Tomblin's ad decries federal spending and boasts about fighting the Obama administration in court over coal.
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Bethany Simmons
