HD 72 Republican candidate Alex Miller apologizes for ‘One of Us’ campaign ad

Screen Shot 2016-08-30 at 7.54.31 AM

House District 72 Republican candidate Alex Miller has responded to criticism of the television ad touting her candidacy. She says if she wins Tuesday’s Republican primary, she’ll change it for the general election.

Miller is a medical company executive running against veteran local TV news anchor John Hill for the District 72 seat, which covers north Sarasota County, and is being vacated by Republican Ray Pilon.

At issue is a campaign ad that began airing Aug. 10 that starts and ends by declaring Miller is “one of us.”

It’s that phrase that prompted critics to write on her Facebook fan page that the ad was racially divisive.

alex miller criticism

In response, Miller said that she didn’t come up with the tagline, but if she wins Tuesday she would change the ad going into the general election.

alex miller response

Miller has raised substantially more money than Hill has in the primary — more than $173,000 ($50,000 from herself), to Hill’s $11,750 ($10,000 from his own pocket).

The winner of the Miller-Hill contest will face off against Democrat Edward James III in November.

 

Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served five years as political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. Mitch also was assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley and is a San Francisco native who has lived in Tampa since 2000. Mitch can be reached at [email protected].



#FlaPol

Florida Politics is a statewide, new media platform covering campaigns, elections, government, policy, and lobbying in Florida. This platform and all of its content are owned by Extensive Enterprises Media.

Publisher: Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL

Contributors & reporters: Phil Ammann, Drew Dixon, Roseanne Dunkelberger, A.G. Gancarski, Anne Geggis, Ryan Nicol, Jacob Ogles, Cole Pepper, Gray Rohrer, Jesse Scheckner, Christine Sexton, Drew Wilson, and Mike Wright.

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @PeterSchorschFL
Phone: (727) 642-3162
Address: 204 37th Avenue North #182
St. Petersburg, Florida 33704




Sign up for Sunburn


Categories