I thought political ads ended on election day.

[terrya]

I just saw one here for the Republican candidate for Illinois Secretary of State. He has the proverbial snowball's chance in hell of winning.

[Eric J in MN]

1. In 2004, I saw a "Swfit Boat Veterans for Truth" ad

...against John Kerry on the morning of the election.

[Pawel K]

2. Same here, Wilson, a neocon in NM, has been runnings ads all over the place

haven't seen any madrid (D) ads.

[Libby2]

3. Still rolling in TN too. n/t

[MissB]

4. I would think they'd keep them running until the polls close.

[LTR]

5. Was listening to Ed Schultz on my local station

Nothing but political ads.

[emmadoggy]

6. I *think* the rules on this vary by state.

I used to work in TV traffic (scheduling all commercials) and I believe that in some states the ads can only run until midnight the night before election day and in other states they can run through election day. I'm not sure, but I think there are also some states where they can run on election day up until a specific cut-off time.

I don't know any of this for sure (maybe it is the local station that sets the cut-off)?? It's been several years since I worked there, so it's a bit fuzzy. But I DO know that election day ads are legal and ok in at least some places. (We ran them on election day at the WI station where I worked.)

[spanone]

7. Just saw the smarmy lounge singer politician AARP commercial.