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Article: Battle for West Virginia governor takes to the air, Manchin follows Jackson with TV ad as Lees holds back
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 4, 2004
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Democrat Joe Manchin has begun his television advertising
campaign, joining foe Lloyd Jackson on the airwaves in what promises
to be a very expensive two-month backstretch in the primary election.
With upbeat music humming in the background, Manchin's folksy
debut TV ad provided the obligatory biographical sketch: his West
Virginia roots, family and career as a small businessman and
politician.
While Manchin and Jackson begin saturating TV airwaves, challenger
Jim Lees is putting together a low-tech campaign on the cheap. He's
sticking fliers in newspapers across the state asking for money,
volunteers and seeking to portray himself as the underdog against
entrenched politicians.
Manchin's ...