Periklis Karoutas

Congresional candidate Jeb BradleyThe New Hampshire Democratic Party has filed an election law complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro).

The state Democratic Party says that Bradley's campaign violated F.E.C. law because one of his ads did not have a disclaimer at the ending of the ad. The Bradley campaign says they are protected under a Federal Communications Commission law, which states that advertisements must have the disclaimer at either the beginning or ending of the ad.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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DEMOCRATS WOULD RATHER ARGUE SEMANTICS THAN THE FACTS ON CAROL SHEA-PORTER’S RECORD ON ENERGY

(Manchester, NH) -- Jeb Bradley‘s campaign today found some humor in the fact that the Democratic state party chair Ray Buckley found fault with the legal disclaimer of a humorous ad titled “Vacation”. The ad takes Carol Shea-Porter to task for casting the deciding vote to recess Congress on a five week vacation rather than enacting legislation to provide NH working families relief at the gas pump.

Former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley's name recognition and last minute advertisements were too much for John Stephen to overcome in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday, Stephen's campaign manager told PolitickerNH.com.

Bradley defeated Stephen by 1,793 votes. Bradley will now face Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter in a rematch of their 2006 race.

"Jeb Bradley, as a former congressman, is well known and certainly familiar to the Republican base and in addition to that he really beat us up in the last couple of days," Stephen's Campaign Manager Greg Moore said. "He really ramped up his TV ads the last few days and he just cranked out a couple of harsh ads."