Shaheen Campaign Airs First TV Ad

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, is up with her first television campaign ad, a spot released May 4 that features New Hampshire veterans and services.

The ad touts Shaheen's work to open the Keene Veterans Clinic and Outpatient Center, according to her campaign.

"From a family with a strong tradition of military service, Jeanne Shaheen puts Granite State veterans first," Campaign Manager Mike Vlacich said in announcing the ad. "Veterans in the Keene area were promised for years that they'd get a veterans center. Jeanne Shaheen took the lead, cut through the red tape, brought the right people together, and helped make it happen."

Vlacich said the veterans clinic, along with work to provide tax credits to businesses that hire veterans, shows Shaheen as a "tireless advocate for keeping our commitment to our veterans and their families."

The 30-second ad may be the Shaheen campaign's first one of the election cycle, but WMUR-TV has aired plenty of ads on the U.S. Senate race in New Hampshire, including ads that highlight Shaheen's support for the Affordable Care Act and ads that knock Scott Brown, one of the Republicans running for Senate.

The race is one of the hottest Senate races in the country, seeing that the balance of power shift after the mid-term elections.

It also stands to be one of the most expensive Senate races in New Hampshire history, as University of New Hampshire political science professor Dante Scala says in a Boston Herald article Sunday. In the story, Scala says a $50 million race is not out of the question.