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Washington’s Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, meanwhile, has spent more than $1 million on television ads in recent weeks, including two attacking her Republican opponent, Tiffany Smiley, in a state President Joe Biden won by nearly 20 points.

I haven't seen a Patty Murray ad for 20 years, and all of a sudden they start showing up this spring. I knew there was something going on.

I actually thought those "attack ads" were Smiley ads until Patty the Frumpy Ghost's face showed up. Patty makes Tiffany sound pretty good.

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I’d like to see Patty Murray’s internal polling numbers. The polling vs Smiley must be tight or she is trailing Smiley in likely voter poling if she’s running attack ads vs her likely GOP opponent IN JUNE!!

In Murray’s previous 5 campaigns, she won 4 of the 5 easily (1992, 98, 2004 and 16). The only time she came close to losing was in 2010 when she beat Dino Rossi, 52% to 48%. That’s the only other time I recall her airing lots of attack ads and actually campaign across the state till Election Day.