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NRA delays TV ads in Virginia after Las Vegas shooting
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NRA delays TV ads in Virginia after Las Vegas shooting
By KEVIN ROBILLARD 10/02/2017 01:34 PM EDT Updated 10/02/2017 02:46 PM EDT
The National Rifle Association has delayed a week's worth of television advertising in Virginia's 2017 elections.
The NRA was set to air ads starting Tuesday, media-buying sources said, with five weeks to go until Virginia's statewide elections. But the group has now gone dark until Oct. 10.
The delayed advertising campaign keeps the NRA off the airwaves in Virginia in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, which authorities have said left more than 50 dead. But a source familiar with the ad buy said the gun-rights group had already shuffled its advertising schedule as part of its campaign strategy and said the delay wasn't related to the Las Vegas shooting.
The NRA has endorsed the entire statewide Republican ticket in Virginia, including gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, attorney general nominee John Adams and lieutenant governor nominee Jill Vogel. It's also endorsed candidates in races for the state House of Delegates. Gillespie is locked in a tight race with Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam to be the state's next governor.
By KEVIN ROBILLARD 10/02/2017 01:34 PM EDT Updated 10/02/2017 02:46 PM EDT
The National Rifle Association has delayed a week's worth of television advertising in Virginia's 2017 elections.
The NRA was set to air ads starting Tuesday, media-buying sources said, with five weeks to go until Virginia's statewide elections. But the group has now gone dark until Oct. 10.
The delayed advertising campaign keeps the NRA off the airwaves in Virginia in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas, which authorities have said left more than 50 dead. But a source familiar with the ad buy said the gun-rights group had already shuffled its advertising schedule as part of its campaign strategy and said the delay wasn't related to the Las Vegas shooting.
The NRA has endorsed the entire statewide Republican ticket in Virginia, including gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie, attorney general nominee John Adams and lieutenant governor nominee Jill Vogel. It's also endorsed candidates in races for the state House of Delegates. Gillespie is locked in a tight race with Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam to be the state's next governor.
