‘Crooks’ Versus ‘Socialists’: Ads Frame Georgia’s Bitter Runoffs

  • Small-dollar donors fuel TV ads in war for control of Senate
  • Some Georgia stations air five hours of political ads a day
Senator Senator Kelly Loeffler and Nikki Haley, right, during a December campaign rally in Cumming, Georgia.Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg
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Republicans and Democrats are inundating Georgia with an inescapable flood of advertising before next week’s high-stakes Senate runoff elections, with the typical state resident being exposed to some 500 ads in the past two months.

And a solid majority of the ads -- about 70% -- are partly or entirely negative.