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Dems running early ad for Delgado
Jan 10, 2020 3:00 pm
Chris McKenna is reporting for The Fray U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado is one of 17 House Democrats featured in new TV ads focused on health care paid for by a Democratic group called House Majority Forward. The group announced it was spending $2.2 million on ads that denounce Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for blocking legislation and to promote the 17 House members in their districts. The commercials are tailored for each district and tout the recent House passage of a bill intended to lower prescription drug costs. The spot produced for Delgado focuses on the 33 town hall meetings the Rhinebeck Democrat held last year in the 11 counties that make up the 19th Congressional District. President Donald Trump won the district by seven points in 2016 and is a Republican target, but Delgado has money behind him and no prominent Republicans have emerged to challenge him. Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who ran for governor in 2018, recently ruled out a congressional run. Read the full story at The Fray.