Five must-watch campaign ads from this week

Here are five campaign ads that grabbed our attention this week: 

1. Look away if you're scared of snakes

In a new ad, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), calls Dr. Oz a snake and even shows a snake slithering around in tall grass.

The ad describes Oz's previous career as a television host on the Dr. Oz show.

"Mehmet Oz, what a snake. Oz ripped people off selling fake medical cures, and he's always looking for new customers," a narrator in the ad says.

2. They don't look that much alike

The conservative Club for Growth Action was out with a new ad this week in North Carolina's 13th District, comparing President Joe Biden and Democratic nominee Wiley Nickel to twins.

The ad starts out showing two baby twins before a narrator says, "Twins. Not always identical, but often the same, like Joe Biden and Wiley Nickel."

 3. Politics isn't war

A new ad from an outside group that backs veterans, With Honor Fund, highlights Democratic Rep. Jared Golden's military career.

A narrator in the ad tells Maine viewers, "Too many see politics as a war, but former Marine Jared Golden knows better."

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For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

The ad goes on to highlight Golden's military service and his success working with Republicans in Congress.

4. Bacon breakfast

The Republican nominee for Senate in Ohio, J.D. Vance, released a new ad this week featuring himself making bacon for breakfast.

"In our family, I make breakfast. But since Biden took over, breakfast and everything else is much more expensive," Vance says in the ad, hammering the issue of inflation with less than two weeks until the election, where he faces Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.

5. Timeout

Democrat Joy Hofmeister is running for governor in Oklahoma and in a new ad, she knocks her opponent, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt and Biden.

"I know when folks need a time out, whether that's Joe Biden or Governor Stitt," Hofmeister says in the ad.