* The Democratic Attorneys General Association has put $864,500 behind this TV ad…
* Script…
Announcer: Republican Erika Harold wants to be attorney general, and she says…
Harold: It’s no secret that I’m pro-life.
Announcer: But did you know this?
WCIA TV’s Mark Maxwell: You mentioned that even in cases of rape and incest, most Republicans carve those out, but that you were still opposed to abortion. Have your views at all evolved or changed on that?
Harold: My views are clear.
Announcer: That’s right. Erika Harold is for outlawing abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. Erika Harold, she’s too extreme for Illinois.
* The Senate Democrats have dumped about $170,000 into Steve Webb’s race in deep southern Illinois over the past five or so days. Webb is up against Freshman Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg). Check out Webb’s new TV ad that began airing last night…
Trump won the district with 68 percent of the vote.
* Script…
Dale Fowler says he’s a conservative voice for Southern Illinois. His record tells us something else.
Tax increases? He voted for them. Money for our schools? Fowler voted to send the money to Chicago.
Steve Webb, a real conservative. Pro-life, pro-gun, pro-coal.
Webb voted for President Trump because he was the only one who would stand up for law enforcement officials like Webb.
Vote Steve Webb, a real conservative voice for Southern Illinois.
Today, the Pritzker campaign released a new TV ad, “One Illinois,” highlighting how JB has spent the campaign listening to and sharing his vision with Illinoisans across the state.
The ad features JB on one of his three statewide bus tours talking about his priorities for Illinois and how he’ll fight for working families as governor. Footage from campaign stops in 10 cities and towns across the state are represented throughout the one-minute ad.
Pritzker: I think the only way you can represent a state as diverse as this is to spend real time with people in every region.
Bloomington resident: It’s good to see you again here!
Pritzker: Thank you.
Peoria resident: It is so good to see you!
Pritzker: Governor Rauner wants to pit one area of the state against another. I think we’re one Illinois.
Belleville resident: I’m so glad to meet you!
Pritzker: The values that people have are the same. People are decent. They’re dedicated. They’re hardworking.
Pritzker, to Rockford Veteran: Thanks again for your service.
Pritzker: They want to get past all of the challenges and actually get something done.
Belvidere resident: I can’t tell you how much help we need.
* Raoul campaign…
Today, Democratic candidate Kwame Raoul released a new Chicago radio ad - “Every Voice Matters” - in which President Barack Obama explains why electing Raoul to be Illinois’ next attorney general is so important. When Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Raoul was appointed to fill his seat in the Illinois Senate, where he has served for the past 14 years. Obama has endorsed Raoul for attorney general.
“This is Barack Obama. When I was elected to the U.S. Senate, I was proud to see Kwame Raoul chosen to fill my seat in the state Senate. I couldn’t be more impressed with the work he’s done since, fighting for the issues we care about and the values we share.
“That’s why I support Kwame Raoul to be Illinois’ next attorney general. Kwame knows that healthcare isn’t a privilege; it’s a right. While I was in Washington fighting for the Affordable Care Act, he led the effort to expand healthcare coverage to every Illinoisan. He stood up for working families, for criminal justice reform, and for common-sense gun laws.
“Now that our progress is at stake, Kwame Raoul is precisely the attorney general we need. He’ll protect our healthcare, protect a woman’s right to choose, protect our environment, and protect our right to vote, because he believes that every voice matters.
“So let’s prove that our voices matter. This is Barack Obama, and I’m asking you to vote for Kwame Raoul for attorney general, November 6.”
…Adding… Rauner campaign…
This week, Governor Rauner has been travelling around the state on his “Our Home Our Fight” bus tour. Media has covered the tour as the governor has been “pushing hard for votes” and “focusing on his accomplishments” like record school funding and expanding the U of I.
I’m out here canvassing door to door talking to voters directly about their biggest concerns. And one of their concerns is how partisan this campaign is and how partisan politics is overall. My opponent recently sent out a piece of mail that compared me to a piece of meat, and being the candidate that’s in this for positive reasons and trying to set a good example for young girls and children everywhere, I want to go on the record and say I don’t think it was right to compare me to a piece of meat, photoshop my head on somebody else’s body, and I can only hope that this will be the end of this type of communication the more we speak out about it. Please don’t compare people to meat. Thank you.
