OFA Targets 10 In Gun Control Web Ads

OFA targets 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat in gun-control web ads

By Alexandra Jaffe – 04/25/13

Organizing for Action, President Obama’s issue advocacy arm, is out with its first ads on gun-control following the failure of last week’s measure in the Senate, a series of web ads targeting nine Republican senators and one Democrat who voted against it.

The ads will run in the states of Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Dean Heller (Nev.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), and in North Dakota, home of Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

The ads urge gun-control supporters to “remind Senator Heller: You work for Nevada, not the gun lobby.”

OFA has not yet indicated which senators it believes are most likely to be swayed on gun control, but the first series of paid ads since the gun-control vote hints at the group’s targets.

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