Gecker, Sturtevant Blaze Away with Gun-Control Ads
10th District senate race is most expensive local contest ever.
By Peter Galuszka
The gunfight over ads in the 10th Senate District race keeps blazing.
Democrat Dan Gecker got a huge boost this week from a gun-control advocacy group backed by Michael Bloomberg, a progress-leaning media mogul and former Mayor of New York. The $700,000 ad buy targets his Republican challenger, Glen Sturtevant.
Not to be outgunned, Sturtevant decried the out-of-state donations, called Gecker’s campaign “desperate” and is fighting back with some hard-hitting ads of his own.
Sturtevant says he has a zero-tolerance policy about the misuse of guns. But he has an A rating from the National Rifle Association.
The 10th District race, which includes independent Marlene Durfee and Libertarian Carl Loser, has set a record for local campaign spending. As of Sept. 30, nearly $2 million had been spent on the race, according to Virginia Public Access Project records.
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