Rush Holt TV Ad: Cory Booker Is No Progressive (VIDEO)

In this Thursday, July 18, 2013 photograph, Senate candidate Rep. Rush Holt greets a driver as he walks in a neighborhood in Trenton, N.J. A major theme of Rep. Rush Holt's campaign for the U.S. Senate is something p... In this Thursday, July 18, 2013 photograph, Senate candidate Rep. Rush Holt greets a driver as he walks in a neighborhood in Trenton, N.J. A major theme of Rep. Rush Holt's campaign for the U.S. Senate is something politicians don't usually talk much about: Bringing scientific thinking into political decision making. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) MORE LESS
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Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), the underdog in the Aug. 13 New Jersey Democratic Senate primary against Newark Mayor Cory Booker, will release his first television ad of the campaign Tuesday, painting himself as the true “progressive” candidate in the race.

“I approved this message because Cory Booker may be the frontrunner in this race, but he’s no progressive,” he says at the end.

The ad is running in the New York and Philadelphia markets between Aug. 6 and Aug. 13.

Watch the ad below:

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