The Midterm election is just over five weeks away. You can tell we’re getting close because the ads are flying fast and furious both on air and online.
Some of the ads are from candidates in the contested congressional races, but most of the money is being spent on Tennessee’s governor’s race.
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republican nominee, is the favorite to win.
She’s being challenged by Memphis City Councilwoman Jerri Green, the Democratic nominee, and more than a dozen independent candidates.
sed publicly and in a book he published prior to announcing his run for governor.
The question is who’s behind the Choose Freedom PAC?
We don’t know because the PAC formed earlier this month and information about who’s behind it is virtually non-existent.
“It’s a strategy to hide literally the dark money, even darker than than you normally do,” said Nashville attorney Steve Gill, Publisher of the conservative online news site Tristardaily.com. “So you’re going to see I think a lot more of this coming.”
A Democratic PAC called “Three Star” is spending money to target 9th District Republican Nominee Brent Taylor. He’s a state senator running against Democratic nominee Justin Pearson, a state representative.
They’re both vying for the seat currently held by longtime West Tennessee congressman Steve Cohen.
Cohen decided to call it a career after the legislature redrew district lines this spring, creating a district that favors republicans.
Pearson just released a poll by a left leaning company suggesting he’s only four points behind Taylor, 48% to 44%.
But even Democrats aren’t putting much credence in those numbers.
Whether it’s the candidates themselves, dubious polls or political action committees hiding behind federal election rules that don’t make them reveal themselves until after the election, powerful forces are trying to influence your vote.
Understand that and educate yourself about who’s behind what you’re seeing to the extent you can because the Nov. 3 election doesn’t have a presidential candidate on the ballot. Too many people won’t bother to vote.
