Campaign ads

A self-described "immigration reduction group" group will debut a controversial new ad during Wednesday's presidential debate that says politicians who support legal immigration believe "black Americans don't want to work."

A new Obama campaign ad slams GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for using footage of coal miners who said they were forced to attend a Romney rally — without pay — that was later featured in one the GOP nominee's TV spots.

Opening with a shot of the Romney campaign ad, the Obama commercial says, “Seen the coal miners in these ads? Turns out they were told that attendance at Mitt Romney's rally was 'mandatory.' Their mine was closed, lost the pay they needed—all to be props in Romney's commercial.”

An environmental group is running the ad in Denver as the city prepares to host the first presidential debate.

The ad simply plays audio of Romney’s comments over images of blue-collar workers, the working poor, veterans and the elderly.

The pro-Democratic super-PAC American Bridge released an archive of video footage Thursday, attacking Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin's (R-Mo.) as "far outside the mainstream."

President Obama's campaign unveiled a new Spanish-language television ad Wednesday, slamming GOP opponent Mitt Romney on his education and financial aid policies.

Republican outside group Crossroads GPS is up with a new Wisconsin Senate ad, ripping Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) as a "tax-and-spend rubber stamp."

"Tammy Baldwin's tax-and-spend agenda is just too extreme for Wisconsin," the ad's narrator says before an unflattering clip of Baldwin saying "You're damn right" plays. 

The new TV ad says Obama has cost American workers jobs by failing to take action against unfair Chinese trade practices.

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan released his first congressional television ad Wednesday, part of the Wisconsin lawmaker's contingency plan if running mate Mitt Romney's bid for the White House fails.‬

Six GOP House members are in the cross-hairs of a new advertising barrage that seeks to portray them as lenient toward fossil fuel industries.

The Sierra Club will start its mail and TV campaign Wednesday by hitting Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) with a TV advertisement that will air in his district for the next 10 days. The spot says the incumbent’s voting record and $455,000 in campaign contributions show he is too friendly with the oil-and-gas industry.

Trey Pollard, a spokesman with the Sierra Club, said the campaign would run through the Nov. 6 election. He said the endeavor is the beginning of a broader organization mission.