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Ad Watch: Battle for Maine's 2nd District Plays Out on the Air

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Irwin Gratz, back to camera, talks with Brenda Garrand and Sam Surprise at Simones' Hot Dog Stand in Lewiston in 2010.

PORTLAND, Maine - For this campaign season, MPBN is reuniting Sam Surprise and Brenda Garrand for their takes on campaign advertising.  Surprise heads Surprise Advertising, Garrand is president of Garrand & Company.  Maine hasn't yet been overrun by television advertising so far, but as Surprise points out, the fight for the 2nd Congressional District seat between Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin and Democratic challenger Emily Cain is underway over the air.

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