弗吉尼亚国会竞选广告支出超8200万美元：Hampton Roads地区居全州之首
弗吉尼亚州诺福克市，弗吉尼亚调查新闻中心（设在 WHRO）的分析显示，竞选组织、利益团体与政治行动委员会近几个月已为弗吉尼亚州国会候选人投入超过8200万美元电视与广播广告费，Hampton Roads 地区的竞选广告支出居全州之首。
其中，第二选区共和党现任众议员 Jen Kiggans 与民主党挑战者 Elaine Luria 之间的争夺广告支出最重，约1300万美元投入电视、广播与数字信息；按无党派机构弗吉尼亚公共访问项目公布的候选人广告支出数据，Luria 竞选团队已支出770万美元，Kiggans 为520万美元。总体来看，民主党候选人广告支出2410万美元，超过共和党候选人的1340万美元，上述数字不包括外部团体的广告。
按联邦通信委员会备案统计，朴次茅斯的 WAVY 电视台以1435万美元广告订单居各媒体之首，诺福克的 WVEC 为1117万美元，WTKR 为1036万美元，三家合计约占所审查电视广告采购的44%。竞选全州公职的民主党联邦参议员 Mark Warner 广告支出已超过700万美元。11月3日选举日临近，广告战的规模反映了弗吉尼亚州国会席位争夺的激烈程度。
（来源：WHRO）
Virginia Congressional Ad Spending Tops $82 Million, With Hampton Roads Races the State's Costliest
In Norfolk, Virginia, an analysis by the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO shows campaign organizations, interest groups and political action committees have spent more than $82 million on television and radio ads for Virginia congressional candidates in recent months, with the Hampton Roads area leading the state in political ad spending.
The heaviest spending is in the 2nd District race between Republican Representative Jen Kiggans and Democratic challenger Elaine Luria, with roughly $13 million going into television, broadcast and digital messages. According to candidate ad spending figures published by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project, Luria's campaign has spent $7.7 million to Kiggans's $5.2 million. Overall, Democratic candidates have outspent Republicans $24.1 million to $13.4 million; the totals do not include advertising by outside groups.
In Federal Communications Commission filings, Portsmouth-based WAVY-TV led all outlets with $14.35 million in ad orders, followed by Norfolk's WVEC at $11.17 million and WTKR at $10.36 million; together the three accounted for about 44% of the television purchases reviewed. Democratic Senator Mark Warner, running statewide, has spent more than $7 million on ads. With Election Day on November 3 approaching, the scale of the ad war reflects how contested Virginia's congressional seats are.
(Source: WHRO)
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