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Minnick campaign: False SuperPAC ad ‘outrageous’

Congressman Walt Minnick's re-election campaign is calling a new anti-Minnick ad from a national group headed by GOP strategist Dick Morris "outrageous" for falsely claiming Minnick voted in favor of the stimulus bill. "What's outrageous is the actual vote they cite says he voted no," said campaign manager John Foster. "I have already been in touch with our attorneys and with a couple of station managers. We believe the law here is very clear." Stations have the option of rejecting false ads that come from outside groups, he said.

The ad is from SuperPAC for America, a national group that's launching ads against 50 Democratic candidates in what it describes as "second-tier" races that Democrats expect to win.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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