|
 |
 |
|
Texas House race debuts dueling energy ads
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.
The Canseco campaign said, “the accusations in the ad are false,” saying his Democratic challenger, state Rep. Pete Gallego, would be indebted to environmental groups if elected.
"For the tens of thousands of Texans whose jobs are directly and indirectly linked to the energy industry, the truth about Pete Gallego is that the only people he'll stand up for if he gets elected are the radical environmentalists pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into his campaign,” Scott Yeldell, the Canseco campaign manager, told The Hill in an email.
The Canseco campaign released a broadcast TV advertisement Tuesday that says Gallego’s policies would harm the energy industry and the Texas economy. The campaign spent more than $400,000 on the spot, which will run in the Midland and San Antonio markets through Nov. 6, Arnold said.
The Hill rates the race as a “toss-up.”
