Walorski debuts first ad since primary

The 30-second spot began airing Tuesday on networks in the South Bend market and on cable stations throughout the state’s 2nd Congressional District, said her campaign manager, Matt Kirby.

U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, has run five different ads during the past six weeks of his re-election campaign. Three of those ads criticize Walorski for positions she has taken on free trade and Social Security.

Walorski has called Donnelly’s ads negative and a sign he’s running from the fact that he voted for controversial health care legislation and economic stimulus spending.

But her new ad doesn’t even mention her Democratic opponent.

Instead, it touches on her charity work in Romania and record of supporting small government and balanced budgets in the Indiana House of Representatives.

“It’s an introduction,” Kirby said. “We felt it was important before we get too far into the campaign that folks understand who Jackie is and why she’s running for office. She has a strong resume, she has a strong track record, and we wanted to highlight that.”

He said the campaign plans to run additional ads that focus on specific issues.

The script of Walorski’s new ad reads, “Her father, a South Bend firefighter, taught her about sacrifice and hard work. Her mother taught her to love her community and country. Jackie Walorski lives those lessons today.

“Jackie Walorski founded a mission to serve the poor and was elected to th to work.”

Donnelly’s campaign manager, Mike Schmuhl, challenged Walorski’s plan to improve the job market.

“It’s strange that in State Rep. Walorski’s new commercial she says she wants to create new jobs,” Schmuhl wrote in an e-mail. “That sounds good on television, but she still supports free trade policies that outsource jobs that are already in America. Those views coupled with her desire to privatize e Indiana House, where she took on big spenders and balanced the budget, turning a deficit into a surplus. Now it’s time to teach Washington a lesson, so we can create jobs and get backSocial Security would create an even worse economic environment for working families and our seniors.”
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