LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Democrats say they’re halting radio ads
promoting the party’s nominee for governor after Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson
complained it violated campaign finance limits.
A state party spokesman said Wednesday they party is suspending further runs
of the ad supporting Democratic nominee Jared Henderson, who’s trying to unseat
Hutchinson.
Earlier Wednesday, Hutchinson said in a letter to the party that its roughly
$15,000 ad buy exceeds contribution limits and asked that they be pulled down.
Hutchinson’s campaign says that since it expressly advocates for Henderson’s
election, the ad is subject to a $2,700 limit as a nonmonetary contribution.
The party’s ads tout Henderson’s proposals to deny public pensions to
convicted legislators and strengthen the state Ethics Commission.
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