The Republican Governors Association is planning a new ad campaign in North Carolina.

Set to begin Friday, the new campaign follows criticism of the association's last ad that caused two TV stations to pull it from the air. WLOS-TV in Asheville and WXLV-TV in Winston-Salem — both owned by Sinclair Broadcasting — stopped running the last ad after a complaint from Beverly Perdue's campaign.

RGA spokesman Chris Schrimpf said Thursday afternoon that the group's new ad will be different from the earlier ad but will follow the same theme, tying Perdue to the Raleigh status quo.

Jack Connors, general manager for WLOS, had said earlier Thursday that the RGA had changed its last ad to meet the scrutiny of Sinclair's attorneys. Schrimpf said that is incorrect and that the new ad has nothing to do with the last one.

A copy of the new ad will be made public Friday, Schrimpf said.

UPDATE and CORRECTION: This post has been revised to reflect new information.

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