Article: Halvorson, Ozinga campaign ads less than truthful?

By Patrick Ferrell Sun-Times News Group Pssst. Wanna know a secret? Debbie Halvorson is a state senator and the Senate majority leader. Wanna know another? That family - the one with the smiling faces and two kids that showed up on a postcard in your mailbox proclaiming "We're supporting Marty Ozinga for Congress" - may not really support Marty Ozinga. In fact, they probably don't know who Marty Ozinga is. They're paid actors, not the smiling family the ad portrays them to be. Both scenarios stem from recent advertisements for the two heavyweight candidates in the 11th Congressional District race. In the TV ad for Democrat Debbie Halvorson, who is the state's first female Senate majority ...

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