Two special elections for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be held September 13th almost 3,000 miles apart. The two districts could not be more different. One consists of mostly desert, leans Republican, and encompasses almost the entire state of Nevada. The other is entirely urban, votes Democratic, and includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens. The only thing the two races have in common is that both Democratic candidates are at risk of losing because their Republican opponents have relentlessly tied them to President Obama.
In Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, Republican Mark Arnold has an ad on the air showing Obama making different speeches followed by Democratic candidate Kate Marshall saying the exact same thing. The ad ends: “Send Washington a message. Not a rubber stamp.”
