Heavy TV spending begun in Pa. Democrats’ gov race

LEHIGH VALLEY TIMES HERALD / AP: Spending in the wide-open campaign for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is beginning in earnest, and TV commercials might be on the air for the remaining 15 weeks before voters settle it in the primary election.

As of Friday, little-known York businessman Tom Wolf was the only candidate in a field of seven Democrats to have ads on the air. But the little-known label may not stick with Wolf for long. After a week of nearly statewide advertising costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, Wolf is getting stopped in public or honked at by people who recognize him, a spokesman said.

“Whenever you can run a week’s worth of TV ads and already people are recognizing your candidate at a pretty high clip, it shows that things are clicking, things are moving,” Wolf campaign spokesman Mark Nicastre said… (more)

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