GOP group reinstates ads for Kennedy in Senate race
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WASHINGTON — The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Friday they are extending their television advertising for Louisiana Republican Senate candidate and state Treasurer John Kennedy for one week.
Earlier in the week, the committee indicated it would halt its advertising for Kennedy, an indication that the chief GOP Senate support group in the nation had given up on their candidate with three weeks to go in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
Rebecca Fisher, a spokesman for the NRSC, said Friday that a new Kennedy poll has caused the committee to rethink its strategy.
“We have seen this race in Louisiana close dramatically over the past week so the strategy for this race is being re-evaluated,” Fisher said.
WBRZ-TV director of sales Denise Murrell said the NRSC has notified the station that it is reinstating its schedule for the next week and sending a check to cover the television advertising buy. The ads will start running again Tuesday, she said.
The Kennedy camp said that it has a recent poll showing the race as a dead heat. The OnMessage Inc. poll surveyed 500 likely voters between Tuesday and Thursday asking who they would vote for if the election were held today. Landrieu received 47 percent of the vote to Kennedy’s 42 with a margin of error at 4.3 percent.
A recent poll by Landrieu had her up 17 points — 51 percent to 34 percent with a margin of error of 4 percent. The most recent poll conducted by an independent company, Rasmussen Reports, had Landrieu ahead 54 percent to 41 percent. The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted on Sept. 25 with a margin of error at 4.5 percent.
The Landrieu camp used the new ad buy to ridicule the NRSC.
“This just shows that the NRSC is as confused as John Kennedy, and now they’ve picked up Kennedy’s bad habit of wasting money,” Landrieu campaign spokesman Scott Schneider said.
Kennedy’s staff said the poll gives the campaign momentum.
“John Kennedy will beat Mary Landrieu not because of national Republican support but because Louisianians trust him to clean up the broken system in Washington,” Kennedy campaign spokesman Lenny Alcivar said.
Earlier in the week, the committee indicated it would halt its advertising for Kennedy, an indication that the chief GOP Senate support group in the nation had given up on their candidate with three weeks to go in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La.
Rebecca Fisher, a spokesman for the NRSC, said Friday that a new Kennedy poll has caused the committee to rethink its strategy.
“We have seen this race in Louisiana close dramatically over the past week so the strategy for this race is being re-evaluated,” Fisher said.
WBRZ-TV director of sales Denise Murrell said the NRSC has notified the station that it is reinstating its schedule for the next week and sending a check to cover the television advertising buy. The ads will start running again Tuesday, she said.
The Kennedy camp said that it has a recent poll showing the race as a dead heat. The OnMessage Inc. poll surveyed 500 likely voters between Tuesday and Thursday asking who they would vote for if the election were held today. Landrieu received 47 percent of the vote to Kennedy’s 42 with a margin of error at 4.3 percent.
A recent poll by Landrieu had her up 17 points — 51 percent to 34 percent with a margin of error of 4 percent. The most recent poll conducted by an independent company, Rasmussen Reports, had Landrieu ahead 54 percent to 41 percent. The survey of 500 likely voters was conducted on Sept. 25 with a margin of error at 4.5 percent.
The Landrieu camp used the new ad buy to ridicule the NRSC.
“This just shows that the NRSC is as confused as John Kennedy, and now they’ve picked up Kennedy’s bad habit of wasting money,” Landrieu campaign spokesman Scott Schneider said.
Kennedy’s staff said the poll gives the campaign momentum.
“John Kennedy will beat Mary Landrieu not because of national Republican support but because Louisianians trust him to clean up the broken system in Washington,” Kennedy campaign spokesman Lenny Alcivar said.
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