Tony Dejak / AP
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center, Monday, June 13, 2016, in Cleveland.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 | 8:14 a.m.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton returns to Nevada’s airwaves today with three ads, two focusing on her record and personal story and another drawing contrasts between her and GOP rival Donald Trump.
The television blitz will span seven other battleground states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. The initial eight-figure buy will run for six weeks across the states.
The ads begin even as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has not yet ended his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, though Clinton has secured the required number of pledged delegates and declared superdelegates to win the party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention this summer.
One of the ads, titled “Always,” details some of her work as a lawyer, first lady and secretary of state. Another focuses on her role in expanding healthcare for children as first lady.
The other ad features sound bytes from Clinton interspersed with clips from some of Trump’s speeches, including one from a pre-caucus rally in Nevada where Trump said of a protester, “I’d like to punch him in the face.”
“Do we stand together? I know what I believe. It’s wrong to pit people against each other,” Clinton says in the ad. “We’ve had enough partisan division and gridlock already. It’s time to unite behind some simple, common goals.”
Trump has yet to run any advertising in Nevada since the February caucuses.
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