Sometimes, politicians take the "running" for office thing quite literally.
Republican Rob Cornilles went up with his first TV ad on Tuesday, a 30-second introductory spot just ahead of the November 8 GOP primary in the special election in Oregon's 1st District. In the ad, the 2010 GOP nominee and sports management consultant jogs through neighborhoods, through a forest, past vacant businesses, finally pausing along Portland skyline.
Republican Rob Cornilles went up with his first TV ad on Tuesday, a 30-second introductory spot just ahead of the November 8 GOP primary in the special election in Oregon's 1st District. In the ad, the 2010 GOP nominee and sports management consultant jogs through neighborhoods, through a forest, past vacant businesses, finally pausing along Portland skyline.
"Sending more politicians to DC won't change things," says Cornilles, not even out of breath. "I'm running for Congress because we can do better."
Cornilles, who's likely to have an easy path in the Nov. 8 primary to face the winner of the more competitive Democratic primary next January, isn't the first candidate to hope that maybe voters will see their endurance on the running trail will translate to success with voters on the campaign trail.
In his first run for president, Mitt Romney had a similar ad, showing him jogging through the a forest -- and breathing quite heavily -- as the narrator boasts of the job the former Massachusetts governor did in turning around the Salt Lake City Olympics. "Mitt Romney: The energy and experience to turn around Washington," is the ad's tagline.
And in the 2008 congressional race in the then-open Minnesota's 3rd District, Iraq War veteran Ashwin Madia also used the same tactic in his ultimately unsuccessful bid against now-GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen, talking about his time in the Marines and ties to the community as he runs past.
In 2010, now Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., also ran in ad which featured her out on a run. "On a good run, I get to reflect on what you've been telling me," Ayotte said in the ad.
See the full run-down of ads after the jump.
Cornilles, who's likely to have an easy path in the Nov. 8 primary to face the winner of the more competitive Democratic primary next January, isn't the first candidate to hope that maybe voters will see their endurance on the running trail will translate to success with voters on the campaign trail.
In his first run for president, Mitt Romney had a similar ad, showing him jogging through the a forest -- and breathing quite heavily -- as the narrator boasts of the job the former Massachusetts governor did in turning around the Salt Lake City Olympics. "Mitt Romney: The energy and experience to turn around Washington," is the ad's tagline.
And in the 2008 congressional race in the then-open Minnesota's 3rd District, Iraq War veteran Ashwin Madia also used the same tactic in his ultimately unsuccessful bid against now-GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen, talking about his time in the Marines and ties to the community as he runs past.
In 2010, now Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., also ran in ad which featured her out on a run. "On a good run, I get to reflect on what you've been telling me," Ayotte said in the ad.
See the full run-down of ads after the jump.