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Rebecca Otto releases third TV ad
in race for State Auditor

First time TV has been used on this scale in State Auditor race
October 26, 2006

SAINT PAUL - Rebecca Otto today announced the release of her third TV ad of the race, titled "Making sure the numbers add up." 

"This is the first time TV has been utilized at this scale in a Minnesota State Auditor race," said Otto.  "We're very proud of the ads."

The third ad focuses attention on several of the accounting errors Otto has found in State Auditor and other official government reports.  "This is the person who's supposed to be catching errors," said Otto, "and when I'm finding errors in her reports to taxpayers that are the size of the annual budgets of Bloomington and Duluth combined, people need to know about that."

The previous ad, which is still running on KARE-11, highlights Otto's non-partisan track record, talking about how she brought finance commissioners of both democratic and republican parties together behind her call for a "truly balanced" state budget, and united Walter Mondale and Arne Carlson behind her efforts.

Judi Dutcher, Arne Carlson, and Mark Dayton, the last 3 State Auditors of both parties, all say they are backing Otto. 

"We need to rebuild the reputation of the office and restore a non-partisan approach which is not guided by politics but by sound auditing principles," Dutcher said.  "Rebecca Otto has a non-partisan approach that is similar to mine."

Carlson, a Republican who held the post for twelve years, agrees.  "I think that independence has been lost," he says of Anderson, so he's switched his support to Otto.

If Otto wins on November 7, she will be the first woman Democrat to be elected to the job.
Otto's three ads can be viewed at http://www.rebeccaotto.com/tv_spots.html

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