Lots of ads for few candidates before NC primary
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BACK TO YOU.
>>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EARLY
VOTING IN THE 2020 PRIMARY
STARTS TWO WEEKS FROM TOMORROW,
AND THOUSANDS OF POLITICAL ADS
ARE STARTING TO POP UP ON THE
STATE'S AIR WAVES.
SO WHO'S SPENDING ALL THAT
MONEY TO INFLUENCE YOUR VOTE?
>> WE LOOKED TO SEE HOW MUCH
THEY ARE SPENDING AND WHO'S
PAYING FOR IT.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE
SUPPORTING CUNNINGHAM IN THE
SENATE PRIMARY AND FLOODED THE
AIR WAVES WITH NEARLY 2500 ADS
THIS MONTH, INCLUDING THIS ONE:
VOTE VETERANS HAS SPENT $1.7
MILLION ON CUNNINGHAM IN
JANUARY ALONE.
NONE OF THE OTHER FOUR
DEMOCRATIC SENATE HOPEFULS ARE
RUNNING TV ADS AS FAR AS WE
KNOW.
THE OTHER BIGGER BUYER SO FAR
IS MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, THE
BILLIONAIRE FORMER MAYOR OF NEW
YORK CITY.
HE'S SPENT NEARLY $6 MILLION IN
NORTH CAROLINA SO FAR THIS
CYCLE, AIRING 22 DIFFERENT ADS,
INCLUDING THIS ONE NEARLY 800
TIMES LAST WEEK ALONE.
>> IF THEY WON'T DO THEIR JOBS,
THIS NOVEMBER YOU AND I WILL.
>> Reporter: AND TOM STEYER
COMES IN AT $44,000 IN
STATEWIDE BUYS THIS CYCLE.
YOU MAY BE SAYING, I'VE SEEN
ADS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
OTHER CANDIDATES.
THOSE ARE NATIONAL ADS ON
NETWORKS OR CABLE CHANNELS AS
OPPOSED TO LOCAL CHANNELS HERE