Politics & Government

Tisei Grabs Autumn Air Time

The congressional candidate has purchased four weeks of TV ads.

You'll probably be seeing a lot more of congressional candidate Richard Tisei. The Republican from Wakefield has reserved about $650,000 in cable and broadcast TV advertising to be aired starting in October, Roll Call is reporting.

The campaign reserved the ads to air on cable stations from Oct. 9 to 15 and both cable and Boston broadcast stations from Oct. 16 through election day when he takes on Congressman John Tierney for the state's 6th congressional district seat.

“This is a substantial buy for the final four weeks of the campaign,” Tisei campaign manager Paul Moore said in a statement to Roll Call. “It will ensure Richard’s ability to connect with the voters, who are looking for an independent-minded, problem-solving, effective Congressman.”

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With the race gaining national attention and this could be yet another sign of a very expensive and aggressively-marketed race to come.

And this week, the Boston Globe is reporting that a mysterious new Virginia-based Republican super PAC has been created to for Massachusetts races, Massachusetts Forward Inc., and that it is likely this race will be a focus of that super PAC.

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