Indiana Senate Race Spurring Big Time Ad Buys
By: Michael C. Fehn
Updated: November 1, 2012
The television ad war between Republican Richard Mourdock and Democrat Joe Donnelly for Indiana's Senate seat is topping 25 million dollars.
A Democratic source tracking ad buys says Mourdock and his supporters had bought 13-and-a-half million dollars of air time through election day. Donnelly supporters had logged 11-and-a-half million.
Indiana's Senate race was already on its way to being the most expensive the state has seen, but Mourdock's comments last week about rape and pregnancy spurred Democrats and Republicans to buy more commercial time.
A Democratic source tracking ad buys says Mourdock and his supporters had bought 13-and-a-half million dollars of air time through election day. Donnelly supporters had logged 11-and-a-half million.
Indiana's Senate race was already on its way to being the most expensive the state has seen, but Mourdock's comments last week about rape and pregnancy spurred Democrats and Republicans to buy more commercial time.
