The Samuels campaign for governor has been calling for a stop to the ads, arguing that they are political promotion for Parnell by a group that gets state and federal grants. The ad features Parnell talking about domestic abuse.
Samuels' campaign manager, Suzanne Armstrong, sent the Parnell campaign a letter Friday saying the Samuels campaign made inquiries with KTUU about the ad, then learned it was being pulled from the station. The Samuels campaign said the ad had "been removed from future airing at KTUU television in Anchorage after the Samuels campaign questioned their appropriateness."
Samuels spokesman Willis Lyford said that he saw firsthand the ad being removed from the KTUU schedule Friday after the Samuels campaign raised its objection, and that it must have been on orders of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. But Lyford said he was told the ad was still airing on at least one cable channel as of this weekend.
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