The League of Conservation Voters, together with the Democratic-affiliated Majority PAC, launched a $470,000 ad buy Monday in the Arizona Senate race, in a further sign that liberal groups believe they have a pick-up opportunity in this usually Republican state.
The spot goes after Jeff Flake on the issue of uranium mining, contrasting the idea with the image of a little girl drinking a glass of water: “Flake sponsored legislation to allow uranium mining that would threaten the Colorado River — by companies like the one he worked for as a lobbyist. The same type of companies that gave Flake thousands in campaign cash. It’s the most dangerous kind of Washington politics. We can’t risk Flake in the Senate.”
The PollTracker Average currently gives a narrow edge to the Democratic nominee, former Bush-era Surgeon General Richard Carmona, of 43.7 percent to 42.5 percent.
