Good News for Hales, Smith: TV Ads Are Cheap This Year

Willamette Week:

As WW reported last week, mayoral candidate Eileen Brady is outspending her primary opponents by a wide margin—her $824,000 is more than what Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith have spent, combined—and she's spent $233,500 of that on television ads. Her ads moved into heavy rotation last week, with Brady loaning her campaign $40,000. She looks positioned to push her mayoral foes off viewers' TV screens.

But there's a sliver of good news for Hales and Smith: TV advertising is significantly cheaper this year than in past election cycles.

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