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Ad Watch: Some Referendum Question Campaigns Yet to Spin Up

Maine Public/File
Irwin Gratz, back to camera, talks with Brenda Garrand and Sam Surprise at Simones' Hot Dog Stand in Lewiston in 2010.

For this campaign season, MPBN is reuniting Sam Surprise and Brenda Garrand for their takes on campaign advertising. Surprise heads Surprise Advertising, Garrand is president of Garrand & Company.

We return to the race between Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin and Democratic challenger Emily Cain. As Garrand tells Maine Public Radio’s Irwin Gratz, that’s because some campaigns have yet to engage.