IA, MN, OH, WI: Obama outspending McCain on TV ads
12:46 PM
A new analysis from the Wisconsin Advertising Project shows Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee outspending John McCain and the Republican National Committee between Oct. 21 and Oct. 28 in states covered by MidwestPolitics.com.
Iowa, which has been a recent focus of McCain's campaign to the puzzlement of state and local political observers, was the only MidwestPolitics.com state where McCain outspent Obama. Recent public polls have given Obama a double-digit lead in the state.
Midwest ad spending:
| McCain | Obama | |
| Iowa | $436,000 | $298,000 |
| Minnesota | $176,000 | $499,000 |
| Ohio | $1,752,000 | $1,984,000 |
| Wisconsin | $202,000 | $1,084,000 |
| TOTAL | $202,000 | $1,084,000 |
