Republican Congressional candidate Martha McSally launched a TV ad this weekend, introducing herself to voters and joining some of her opponents on the airwaves.
She focuses on her military leadership experience, saying she now wants to continue her service to the country in Congress.
The other Republicans competing for the CD8 special primary election are also on the air. Frank Antenori has a radio spot. Dave Sitton and Jesse Kelly are also airing television ads.
Kelly’s ad is the first to hit the TV screens in the CD 8 special election. Kelly ran for the same seat nearly two years ago so he is a familiar name to many voters in the district.
The ad shows Kelly meeting with supporters and sitting around a table with his family. It also highlights what he sees as the major issues in the campaign.
The race for Arizona’s open US Senate seat is on the air early. Last week, Cardon launched his first TV spot and seven days later he is on the radio.
The spot highlights Cardon as a Washington outsider with a “Tea Party streak”. Like the television ad, the radio spot also puts Cardon in the position of “jobs creator.”
Dave Sitton, Martha McSally and Jesse Kelly are on step two of the National Republican Congressional Campaign's four-step schedule to earn support from the party.
The NRCC's "Young Guns" program requires candidates to meet four benchmarks to prove their candidacy. Sitton, McSally and Kelly have moved from the first stage, "Contender" status, to "On The Radar." The program requires campaigns to meet goals for fundraising and campaigning to move through each step.
Frank Antenori, the fourth Republican in the race for the open seat, is not in the "Young Guns" program, according to an online list of participating candidates in the 2012 election cycle.
The four Republicans seeking their party's nomination for the seat in Arizona Congressional District 8's special election will appear in an hour-long forum on Arizona Public Media Wednesday.
Frank Antenori, Jesse Kelly, Martha McSally and Dave Sitton will respond to questions from AZPM political correspondents Andrea Kelly and Christopher Conover.
Kelly and Conover want your questions for the candidates. Submit those questions by using the comment box below. You may address one candidate or all. Questions needed by day's end Tuesday.
The forum will be broadcast on PBS-HD6 and NPR 89.1 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and may be seen online starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at AZPM's Your Vote 2012 Election Center.
