Dem super-PAC ad hits George Allen on spending

Majority PAC, a Democratic-affiliated super-PAC, is up with a new ad blasting former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) on his economic record.

"As governor, George Allen increased state spending by 40 percent, a record level, and Sen. George Allen supported over $120 billion in earmarks and $3.2 trillion in new debt," the ad's narrator says before touting former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine's (D) economic record.

This is the third ad the group has aired in recent weeks; it has also been up defending Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.).

Allen's campaign fired back against the ad. "Tim Kaine's allies can try to reframe George Allen’s record, but Virginians are looking for a leader with a record of proven pro-job-growth solutions, not the same tax and spend policies Tim Kaine has championed as Governor and as President Obama's hand-picked Chairman of the Democratic National Committee," said Allen spokesman Emily Davis. "This negative Washington ad is just more evidence that Tim Kaine wants to be a Senator for President Obama, but George Allen will be a Senator for Virginia."

The ad comes on the heels of an ad from the Republican-affiliated outside group Crossroads GPS that attacked Kaine and is running in the same media markets: Washington, D.C., Richmond and Charlottesville. The group said the ad buy size rivaled Crossroads's, which was a substantial buy.

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This post was updated at 7:00 p.m.

This post was updated at 1:15 p.m.

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