Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-CT) will begin running TV ads in the Connecticut Senate race that he seemingly quit in May — fueling speculation that he never really quit at all.
Last week Simmons said that he hasn’t made any “final decisions.” He still has $1 million in the bank, and his name remains on the primary ballot. In late June, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO and Republican frontrunner Linda McMahon publicly accused Simmons of continuing to run a stealth campaign against her.
According to The Day, Simmons will ask in the new ads that voters “look at the issues” before casting ballots in the August 10 primary.
In a press release on Wednesday, Simmons said he would spend some of his remaining campaign funds on the TV spots.
“For the past two months, I have been travelling the state supporting my fellow Republican candidates,” Simmons said. “Everywhere I go people ask me if I am still running for the U.S. Senate. My response has been ‘I’m still on the ballot.'”
And here’s the McMahon campaign’s response, according to The Upshot:
Ed Patru, a spokesman for McMahon mocked Simmons’ prognosticating in the race as “strange and erratic.” “(It’s) a little like trying to keep up with an Abbott and Costello routine,” he said.
The TPM Poll Average shows McMahon leading Simmons 43.4-29.6, with Peter Schiff at 10.0%.
