Voters in Virginia right now are seeing television ads in support of only two candidates: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Marco Rubio.
Clinton has bought $148,905 worth of time in Richmond and $60,025 in Roanoke, according to a Virginia Public Access Project analysis of Federal Communication Commissions data. She’s running two ads in the state: one focused on her record, the other on criminal justice reform.
Conservative Solutions, a super PAC supporting Rubio, is on the air with a $87,825 buy in the Richmond area and a $52,610 buy in Hampton Roads.
Virginia holds its Democratic and Republican primaries on crowded Super Tuesday, March 1, so voters won’t get the one-on-one interaction with candidates that early-voting states enjoyed.
Polling suggests that most voters in the state are drawing their opinions from national coverage. Advertising could give Clinton and Rubio a boost in a state that has yet to get much attention even though the primary is a week away.
No one is on the air in Northern Virginia, the densest part of the state and the most expensive media market.