SCOOP: Seth Bodnar super PAC launches vicious ad attacking Bankhead
A super PAC supporting candidate Seth Bodnar has launched a sharply negative new television ad targeting Democratic nominee Alani Bankhead, signaling that Montana’s Senate race is entering a more aggressive phase. The roughly 30-second spot focuses on Bankhead’s past statements and associations, and takes several comments from Bankhead out of context.
To view the ad, click here: MT-SEN MT Freedom PAC 8.5
The commercial uses dramatic narration, rapid-fire graphics, and clips of Bankhead speaking to the camera before ending with a call for voters to reject her candidacy.
The latest spot also comes after criticism directed at Bodnar’s political operation over its rhetoric toward Bankhead. Democrats and some political observers have previously accused Bodnar’s team of making sexist attacks against the Democratic nominee, an allegation his campaign has disputed. The new advertisement continues the hard-hitting contrast campaign and uses multiple personal attacks.
With outside spending now ramping up, both parties are expected to flood Montana’s airwaves over the coming months in what is shaping up to be one of the country’s most closely watched Senate contests. Republicans view the race as a key opportunity, while Democrats are expected to answer with their own advertising campaign in the weeks ahead to support Bankhead.
As millions of dollars in independent expenditures begin pouring into the state, the tone of the campaign appears likely to grow even more combative before Election Day.
