Campaign ads

Restore Our Future's "flatline" ad warns voters that reelecting Obama would ensure that "your economy stays dead four more years."

An environmental group backing Sen. Jon Tester’s (D-Mont.) reelection bid is denying claims that it financed an advertisement promoting a third-party candidate in the Montana Senate race.

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) said Monday it had nothing to do with a $500,000 TV spot that advocated for Libertarian candidate Dan Cox. The advertisement slams GOP candidate Rep. Denny Rehberg, who is challenging Tester.

The liberal super-PAC American Bridge 21st Century is accusing Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney of treating the economy "like a game" in an television ad released Monday.

The Chevron donation appears to be the largest by a publicly traded company since the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

Mitt Romney will be running television ads in Minnesota over the weekend, The Associated Press is reporting.

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is out with a hard-hitting new Senate ad accusing former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) of investing in companies that are involved in helping Iran develop nuclear technology.

The Republican super-PAC Now or Never will soon air an ad spoofing Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) trademark buzz cut to tie him to President Obama.

Nearly 90 percent of people in the United States say there is too much corporate money in politics, according to a new poll from a collection of watchdog and public interest groups.

The poll, released Thursday by the Corporate Reform Coalition and conducted by the Democratic-leaning Bannon Communications Research group, asked 804 people their opinions on the role that corporate money plays in political campaigns.

Eighty-one percent of those polled felt that corporations should only spend money on political campaigns if they disclose their spending immediately. And 80 percent of respondents said companies should only spend money on political campaigns if they get approval from shareholders.

Lisa Gilbert, the director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division, pointed to the poll’s results to argue that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should require publicly traded companies to reveal their campaign donations.

“Secret corporate spending is appalling in a representative democracy, and this poll shows that the public agrees,” Gilbert said in a statement.

The Sierra Club Independent Action is targeting Rep. Quico Canseco (R-Texas) for his ties to fossil fuel companies in a new Spanish-language radio advertisement.

The environmental group cast Canseco as obliged to oil and gas interests that have donated $230,000 to his campaign. He is also targeted by the Sierra Club's broader “Toxic Money, Toxic Votes” campaign that hits six GOP House incumbents.

“Canseco accepted tens of thousands of dollars from big polluters and votes without shame to let them spew toxic mercury that poisons our air, our water and the fish we eat — threatening the health of our families,” the new advertisement says.

Team Obama unveiled two television ads Wednesday — one aimed at getting supporters to the polls and the other to convince voters that Obama deserves another four years in office. In the final stretch of the presidential race, the ads showcase past fumbles and achievements to make the case for Obama's reelection.