Beverly Perdue's media strategy is focusing for the moment on the Charlotte media market — the only market where an anti-Pat McCrory ad did not run.
The Republican gubernatorial nominee says that's a sign of possible coordination between his Democratic rival and the Alliance for North Carolina, the so-called "issue advocacy" group that is running a TV campaign attacking McCrory, David Ingram reports.
"Negative Bev is back in full force," McCrory spokeswoman Amy Auth said in an e-mail to Dome. "She has one very negative attack ad and another ad that is well-coordinated with two negative ads from a group funded by labor unions."
Perdue's campaign released its "Leader" ad Tuesday, telling reporters in a news release that it was adding Charlotte to its media buy. According to numbers gathered by the McCrory campaign, Perdue had placed a buy for $69,000 in the Charlotte market and $71,000 in the rest of the state combined.
In an interview, Perdue spokesman Tim Crowley said the campaign is on the air statewide with two ads, but he would not comment on spending from market to market.
"There's absolutely no coordination," Crowley said. "Bev Perdue's campaign had all intentions of having Bev's message up in every TV market in North Carolina, and that's what we're doing."
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Re: McCrory: Perdue ad buy raises questions
You quote NC Policy Watch? Are you kidding? That is a far left wing group financed by far left wing groups to screw numbers in their direction. I used to live in Virginia, Texas, and Florida. Two of these states DO NOT HAVE State income taxes.
Civitas(http://www.nccivitas.org/media/press-releases/2-3rds-nc-voters-say-taxes-are-too-high)
Compared to its neighbors in the Southeast, North Carolina currently has the highest corporate tax rate (6.9 percent), the highest marginal income tax rate (7.75 percent), the second-highest motor fuels tax (30.15 cents per gallon), and the second highest sales tax (6.75 percent).