The first campaign ads of the Democratic primary race will start airing on television stations in Iowa and New Hampshire on Tuesday, featuring Hillary Clinton.
The ads will run for five weeks in the Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, media markets and the entire state of New Hampshire. Each ad buy is worth $1 million. Clinton's campaign is anticipating Republicans will purchase large ad buys in order to attack her, Time reports, and wants to "make sure everyone knows who Hillary Clinton really is — who she fights for and what has motivated her lifelong commitment to children and families," campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement.
In the first spot, Dorothy, Clinton talks about her mother, who was abandoned by her parents as a child but persevered due to the kindness of strangers. "When I think about all the Dorothys, all over America, who fight for their families, who never give up, that's why I'm doing this, that's why I've always done this," Clinton says.
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