John Lyon at Arkansas News Buerau provides the best account so far of what can only be explained as a flurry of news releases from the Halter and Lincoln campaigns yesterday about an attack ad against Halter. The group responsible for the ad was incorporated by Mitchell Berry, son of Rep. Marion Berry, who says he has no affiliation with the group other than acting as their attorney. Here’s the lede.
Lt. Gov. Bill Halter’s U.S. Senate campaign said today a nonprofit organization running an ad against Halter has ties to Sen. Blanche Lincoln and questioned whether federal campaign laws were broken, allegations that Lincoln’s campaign vehemently denied.
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