From RN-T.com:

Voters are beginning to get their introductions to gubernatorial candidates via a few television ads even though the primary Election Day is more than 70 days away.

Generally in a year like this one where political contributions are low for all candidates, campaigns tend to save their money until a big push closer to when voters cast their ballots. Three candidates, though, have bucked that conventional wisdom.

Democrats Roy Barnes and David Poythress and Republican Eric Johnson beat the rest of the 14-candidate pack with early ads on TV. Each aims to begin shaping voter perceptions.

In the case of Poythress and Johnson, the ads both try to touch on the potent issue of jobs while introducing the candidates to voters who might not know them, despite their long, respective careers in state government. Poythress, in an ad running in Athens, Augusta, Columbus and Albany, stresses that he will draw on his experience as a three-star general in the National Guard to fight for jobs. He adds that he won’t collect a paycheck as governor until unemployment drops to 7 percent.

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