The conservative, Minnesota-based Freedom Club has started running a broadcast ad going after DFL Gov. Mark Dayton "and the Democrats."
The ad, which targets government spending, repeatedly mentions a "luxury office building" in reference to the new Senate office building going up this year.
"Minnesota, we deserve better," is the ad's tagline.
According to public documents, the group has spent significant cash to run the ad. It spent nearly $160,000 to run it on KARE11 through August. That would indicate more than $500,000 in spending if it equalized its ad time across all four statewide stations.
With millions of dollars in campaign spending in recent years, the Freedom Club, supported by wealthy Minnesota conservatives, is one of the largest political action committees in the state.
Both Dayton's campaign and the pro-Democrat Alliance for a Better Minnesota sent reporters fact checks, claiming the ad takes the record out of context and gets basic things wrong.
Freedom Club officials did not return a message inquiring about the ad.
