Michael Shepherd

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Published
October 16, 2012

Rove PAC ad attacks King

But before it airs, the King camp sends a fundraising email to backers with “Karl Rove” in the subject line.
Published
October 16, 2012

Truth Test: Anti-Raye ad among most misleading of season

The ad in support of Mike Michaud rings false with many allegations against Maine’s Senate president.
Published
October 16, 2012

National Republican group spending $309K on ads against King

An arm of super PAC American Crossroads has purchased airtime in Maine broadcast and cable markets to begin running the ads on Tuesday.
Published
October 15, 2012

TRUTH TEST: Anti same-sex marriage ad is barely true

Protect Marriage Maine, the coalition opposing same-sex marriage, bases this ad in part on an interpretation of a state law passed in 2004 to allow gay couples to register as domestic partners. The ad says the law allowed rights that married couples have in “virtually all” circumstances.
Published
October 15, 2012

Anti-gay-marriage ad misleading, mostly false

Protect Marriage Maine, the coalition opposing same-sex marriage, bases this ad in part on an interpretation of a state law passed in 2004 to allow gay couples to register as domestic partners. The ad says the law allowed rights that married couples have in “virtually all” circumstances.
Published
October 14, 2012

Truth Test: Ad misses mark on gay partners’ rights

Ad: ‘Same-sex couples already have the legal protections of marriage in virtually all circumstances.’
Published
October 14, 2012

TRUTH TEST: GOP continues to sow wind in King attack ads

The National Republican Senatorial Committee mounts a second attack on independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King’s wind business in a new television ad. The claim here isn’t quite as misleading as those in a previous NRSC ad. But it’s close. A Truth Test earlier this year found two claims in the previous ad — one […]
Published
October 14, 2012

GOP wind ad on King pretty misleading

The National Republican Senatorial Committee mounts a second attack on independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King’s wind business in a new television ad.
Published
October 13, 2012

Truth Test: New Republican attack ad still distorts the truth

Angus King was long out of office by the time a law passed that benefited the wind business he co-founded.
Published
October 10, 2012

Truth Test: Raye’s latest ad against Michaud only half-true

Elderly ladies are portrayed sitting at a kitchen table in Republican 2nd Congressional District hopeful Kevin Raye’s latest campaign ad, and they aren’t fans of U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, his challenger.