Hillary Clinton wasn't on the ballot last year in western Pennsylvania, but you might not have known that from the ad that ran on local television a month before the election. The spot featured images of Clinton with Democratic congressional candidate Jason Altmire, who had served on her health-care task force when she was First Lady. It was one of more than 30 negative campaign commercials run against Democratic candidates in which Clinton played a co-starring role, according to the research firm TNS Media Intelligence. "The opposition did research in my district," says Altmire, who won in a squeaker and is...
Hillary Clinton: The Lightning Rod
Some Democratic candidates worry about Clinton at the top of their ticket
Subscriber content preview.
or
Log-In
To continue reading:
or
Log-In