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  1. Health group airs ad backing Obama EPA nominee

    By Jacob Fenton May 21, 2013 3:52 p.m.

    The American Public Health Administration has begun airing a new TV ad supporting Pres. Obama's nominee for EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy. It's the first time the nonprofit group has aired an ad backing a specific nominee, according to a spokeswoman.

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  2. 2016 preview? Three videos by GOP groups all target Hillary Clinton

    By Keenan Steiner May 16, 2013 3:50 p.m.

    As the White House released long-sought documents on the Benghazi affair and Republican lawmakers have renewed their criticism of the Obama administration's handling of it, three big Republican groups have all produced videos on the episode that led to the death of an American ambassador. All strike a similar tone and focus on the same target: Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state whose strong polling numbers make her an early favorite in the 2016 presidential election.  

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  3. Mayors Against Illegal Guns hits the airwaves in N.H and Pa.

    By Kathy Kiely May 6, 2013 6:23 p.m.

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  4. McConnell fires back in early campaign air wars

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 14, 2013 4:47 p.m.

    On the defensive and trying to wade off a Tea Party challenge, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has hit the airwaves with ads 20 months before Election Day.

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  5. Since Newtown, full employment for gun lobbyists

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 12, 2013 9:07 a.m.

    Since the Dec. 14 shooting that left 26 people dead at a Connecticut elementary school, at least 22 lobbyists have registered to influence Congress on gun-related issues, and several have been holding fundraisers for Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is a potential swing vote in the legislative battle on Capitol Hill.

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  6. No sequester for political ads

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Mar 6, 2013 10:34 a.m.

    In honor of the snowquester, as the Washington Post's cheeky Weather Gang has dubbed the spring storm that so far has proven more effective than the Tea Party in reining in government, Sunlight has decided to take a look at the efforts getting underway by various groups to keep the actual sequester at bay.

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  7. Gun ads in Illinois primary a harbinger of things to come?

    By Ryan Sibley Feb 26, 2013 12:01 p.m.

    The gun debate is already emerging as an issue for the 2014 election cycle. In the weeks since the State of the Union address, which President Barack Obama used to make an emotional appeal for gun control, at least seven groups have either purchased airtime in major markets around the country or posted TV-ready ads to their Youtube accounts.

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  8. Planned Parenthood targets Mitch McConnell

    By Kathy Kiely Feb 22, 2013 11:35 a.m.

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  9. 2014 attack ads start already

    By Keenan Steiner Feb 12, 2013 6:06 p.m.

    It's never too early for an attack ad, apparently. The 113th Congress is barely a month old and the National Republican Congressional Committee already is beginning to lay the groundwork for Election 2014, pouncing on a recent report that newly-elected Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., failed to pay nearly $11,000 in property taxes.

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  10. Emergency Committee for Israel keeps spending in fight against Hagel

    By Jake Harper Feb 8, 2013 2 p.m.

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  11. On Wisconsin: Badger State gets no break from political air wars

    By Jake Harper Feb 6, 2013 5:45 p.m.

    (Updated Feb. 8, 2:45 p.m. ET)

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  12. Ad site snafu raises questions about FCC oversight

    By Jacob Fenton Jan 17, 2013 8:47 a.m.

    For the first time last year, the Federal Communications Commission began requiring certain TV stations to post political ad buy contracts online. Yet an apparent snafu at a Florida station that kept all buys made in the final month of the election offline until earlier this month raises questions about just how well that system is working.

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  13. On eve of big legislative battle, is gun lobby targeting kids?

    By Kathy Kiely Jan 16, 2013 10:52 a.m.

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  14. 'Tis the season: Ads targeting 2014 Senate candidates already on air

    By Jacob Fenton Nov 30, 2012 10:58 a.m.

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