PEARCE HITS AIRWAVES IN RECALL ELECTION

posted by Andrea Kelly

Republican state Senator Russell Pearce is the first candidate to hit the airwaves in the Mesa recall election to determine whether he keeps his seat.

Pearce’s ad includes a message he has used before: that he’s done exactly what he said he’d do in office, and that’s why voters keep electing him. A narrator says Pearce balanced the state budget and passed a jobs bill and that his opponents are distorting his record. Watch the ad here.

Jerry Lewis, Pearce’s opponent, who is also a Republican, has some videos on his campaign website. In his, he says he won’t take gifts or a government pension, and he won’t call his opponents names if they disagree.