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2008 Paid Trade Ads: Index of all ads

Competitive and Open Seat U.S. House of Representatives races: 74 ads

• Alabama-02: Bobby Bright, 2 ads
• Alabama-03: Josh Segall, 4 ads
• Alabama-03: Mike Rogers, 1 ad (GOP ad)
• California-04: Charlie Brown, 1 ad
• Illinois-14: Bill Foster, 1 ad
• Illinois-18: Colleen Callahan, 1 ad
• Indiana-03: Mark Souder, 1 ad (GOP ad)
• Indiana-03: Mike Montagano, 1 ad
• Indiana-09: Baron Hill, 1 ad
• Kentucky-02: David Boswell, 3 ads
• Kentucky-02: Brett Guthrie, 3 ads (GOP ad)
• Kentucky-03: John Yarmuth, 1 ad
• Michigan-07: Mark Schauer, 6 ads
• Michigan-09: Gary Peters, 2 ads
• Minnesota-03: Ashwin Madia, 3 ads
• Mississippi-01: Travis Childers, 2 ads
• Mississippi-03: Joel Gill, 1 ad
• Missouri-09: Judy Baker, 2 ads
• Nevada-03: Dina Titus, 1 ad
• New York-24: Mike Arcuri, 1 ad
• New York-25: Dan Maffei, 1 ad
• New York-26: Alice Kryzan, 5 ads
• New York-29: Eric Massa, 2 ads
• North Carolina-05: Roy Carter, 1 ad
• North Carolina-08: Larry Kissell, 5 ads
• North Carolina-10: Patrick McHenry, 1 ad (GOP ad)
• Ohio-01: Steve Driehaus, 1 ad
• Ohio-07: Sharen Neuhardt, 1 ad
• Ohio-07: Steve Austria, 1 ad (GOP ad)
• Ohio-16: John Boccieri, 1 ad
• Ohio-16: Kirk Schuring, 1 ad (GOP ad)
• Pennsylvania-03: Kathy Dahlkemper, 2 ads
• Pennsylvania-04: Jason Altmire, 2 ads
• Pennsylvania-10: Chris Carney, 4 ads
• Pennsylvania-15: Sam Bennett, 1 ad
• South Carolina-02: Rob Miller, 2 ads
• Virginia-05: Tom Perriello, 2 ads
• Washington-08: Darcy Burner, 2 ads
• Wisconsin-08: Steve Kagen, 1 ad

Competitive U.S. Senate races: 31 ads

• Colorado: Mark Udall, 3 ads
• Georgia: Jim Martin, 2 ads
• Idaho: Jim Risch, 1 ad (GOP ad)
• Kentucky: Bruce Lunsford, 2 ads
• Minnesota: Al Franken, 1 ad
• Mississippi: Ronnie Musgrove, 1 ad
• New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen, 2 ads
• North Carolina: Kay Hagan, 8 ads
• Oklahoma: Andrew Rice, 2 ads
• Oregon: Jeff Merkley, 9 ads

U.S. Presidential race: 16 ads

• General: Barack Obama, 9 ads
• General: John McCain, 1 ad (GOP ad, pro-FTA)
• Democratic Primary: Barack Obama, 1 ad
• Democratic Primary: Hillary Clinton, 1 ad
• Democratic Primary: John Edwards, 2 ads
• Other: Democratic National Committee, 2 ads

Various third party ads: 8 ads

• Presidential: Ohio Democratic Party, 2 ads
• Presidential: Michigan Democratic Party, 1 ad
• Presidential: SEIU, 1 ad
• Presidential: UAW, 1 ad
• KY-Sen: Citizens for Strength and Security, 1 ad
• NC-Sen: Citizens for Strength and Security, 1 ad
• MS-Sen: Citizens for Strength and Security, 1 ad

Other (noncompetitive races, state-level races, etc): 8 ads

• Missouri-Gov: Jay Nixon, 1 ad
• Michigan-15: John Dingell, 1 ad (noncompetitive race)
• New York-26: Jack Davis, 1 ad (primary candidate)
• Wisconsin-01: Paul Ryan, 2 ads (GOP ad, noncompetitive race)
• Wisconsin-07: David Obey, 1 ad (noncompetitive race)
• Washington-04: George Fearing, 1 ad (noncompetitive race)
• Oregon State Treasurer: Ben Westlund, 1 ad

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