Bob Ney: Gambling Man

Our radio ad campaign against Rep. Bob Ney highlighted his corruption to tens of thousands of his own constituents. The ad ran hundreds of times from July 7-12 across Ney's sprawling rural Ohio district. Our provocative radio ad tells the story of Ney's shady deals and paints the portrait of a politician who knows how to play the game in Washington and stack the deck for his lobbyist friends.

Our print ad—viewed by tens of thousands of Rep. Ney's own constituents—ran in newspapers in the two largest cities in Rep. Ney's district on Thursday, June 16. It made the clear case that Bob Ney puts the interests of Washington lobbyists ahead of the people of Ohio.

Our ad campaign against Rep. Bob Ney received press across Ohio and the nation. National media outlets, including the Washington Post, Washington Times, MSNBC, and The American Prospect—and blogs like MyDD.com and TalkingPointsMemo.com—drew national attention to the shady business deals of Bob Ney, the "everyman" of Congressional corruption. In addition, our campaign was widely covered by Ohio media, like the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch and newspapers in Ney's district like the Chillicothe Gazette and the Zanesville Times-Recorder.

Press Releases

Tom DeLay, Bob Ney Targets of Major New Ad Campaign Linking both to Money Scandals Roiling Washington
January 10, 2006

Abramoff Plea Threatens Rep. Bob Ney, Powerful Members of Congress
January 3, 2006

Ad Campaign Introduces Ohio to Rep. Ney’s Washington Friends
November 30, 2005

New Radio Ad Highlights Rep. Bob Ney's Lobbying Scandal
July 7, 2005

Newspaper Ads Highlight Rep. Bob Ney's Corruption by Lobbyists
June 15, 2005

News Articles

TomPaine.com, "Earmark This: GOP 'Reform' Is A Sham"
September 15, 2006

TomPaine.com, "Ney Could Try to Run, But He Could Not Hide"
August 8, 2006

New York Times, "Campaign Against Representatives"
January 11, 2006

Seattle Weekly, "Lobbying Grenade"
January 11, 2006

Roll Call, "Liberal Group Targets Ney in Advertising Attack"
November 29, 2005

Business Week, "Democrats Smell Blood in Ohio"
September 12, 2005

The Hill, "More trouble for the 'mayor' of the Hill?"
July 7, 2005

NPR (audio), "Scrutiny Falls on Those Close to Lobbyist"
June 16, 2005

The Columbus Dispatch, "Ads in Ney's district attack his ties to embattled lobbyist"
June 16, 2005

Roll Call (subscription), "Future Plans"
June 15, 2005

Gannett News Service, "Ohio's Ney tries to shrug off damage from scandal"
June 11, 2005

The Washington Post, "GOP Worries Ethics Issue May Hurt Party in '06"
June 6, 2005

MSNBC, "Congressman's trip raises ethical flags"
May 12, 2005

The American Prospect, "The Super-Lobbyist's 'Friend'"
May 10, 2005

Blog Coverage

The Daily DeLay, "New Ads to Run in Tom DeLay's and Bob Ney's districts"
January 10, 2006

The Democratic Daily, "Ney Likely to be Indicted"
January 10, 2006

MyDD, "The Big Democratic Opportunity of 2006: Governors"
June 22, 2005

BloggerRadio.com, "Hey, Hey, Bob Ney . . . Part VI"
June 18, 2005

The Nation, "Outrageous Outtakes"
June 17, 2005

Membranophonist's Ramblings, "A Mere 10 Years"
June 17, 2005

Stubborn Liberal, "Bob Ney"
June 16, 2005

Hoop Noodles, "Project for an Accountable Congress: Rep. Bob Ney"
June 16, 2005

Free Speech Zone, "Priceless"
June 16, 2005

Politics Plus Stuff, "Crooks in Congress"
June 16, 2005

Daily DeLay, "Ney targeted with ads"
June 16, 2005

Talking Points Memo, "Hasty Hastert Rebukes Duke"
June 15, 2005