# Anyone else getting general election ads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 22, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-general-election-ads/613592 "2012-02-22T03:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-general-election-ads/613592/1 "2012-02-22T03:42:00Z")
Yeah, I know that the big story right now is the Republican primaries, but in the last few days, I’ve already started to see general election ads, for the Senate race between Jon Tester (the incumbent Democrat) and Denny Rehberg (currently the state’s lone Representative). They’ve all been from the Tester campaign, and so far, I’ve seen them here, at FiveThirtyEight, and attached to a story on [FoxNews.com](http://FoxNews.com) . I think it’s probably a good sign, if Tester has enough funds to start running ads already. Anyone else seeing general-election ads? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-getting-general-election-ads/613592/2 "2012-02-22T20:48:08Z")
I’m in California, and I haven’t even seen any ads for the June Primary (but then, most of the non-Presidential races are unopposed, I have a feeling the Republican Presidential candidates are waiting to see who’s still in the race before putting money into ads, and the only two ballot propositions are a small reduction in state legislature term limits and a $1/pack cigarette tax, so there’s no real need for ads at the moment).