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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Jones goes up on air in Senate bid
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones became the second Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Georgia to run a television ad.
Jones’ 30-second spot, which touts his position on fuel prices and the economy, began running Sunday morning on television news shows, said Jones’ deputy campaign director Dexter Porter. The ad appeared on NBS’s “Meet the Press” and “The Georgia Gang.”
“It’s an introduction to who he is and what his platform is on the major issues,” Porter said.
Porter said the campaign plans two or three more television ads before the July 15 primary.
Jones is the second of the five Democratic Senate candidates to run TV ads. Former state lawmaker Jim Martin has also run television spots.
Jones, Martin, former WSB-TV reporter Dale Cardwell, Atlanta businessman Rand Knight and retired businessman Josh Lanier of Statesboro are running for the Democratic Party nomination to take on incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Moultrie and Libertarian Allen Buckley in November.
— Jim Tharpe
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