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Dino Rossi concluded his campaign for governor with an ad called "Economy" highlighting the issues that Washington faces right now, and argues it is time to change who takes them in on Olympia.

“We’ve got some tough problems: a record budget deficit, traffic congestion, a struggling economy,” Rossi says. “We have to change direction to get our economy back on track, Gov. Gregoire has had her turn.”

A narrator then brings up Rossi’s opposition to an income tax, which Rossi has tried to tie Gregoire to lately, and touches on the issue of change, a word that is spoke three times in the thirty second ad, and one he has invoked countless times this campaign, including with an expensive ad during Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Gov. Chris Gregoire concluded her campaign media season with an ad that focuses on her record and tries to display her opponent, Republican Dino Rossi, as out of touch with Washington state.

The spot, called “Every Morning”, makes a populist play in labeling Rossi as someone who would stand with the wealthy and the special interests over regular working folk. The special interst is a clear jab at Rossi’s relationship with the Building Industry Association of Washington, the builders group that spent millions on Rossi’s behalf.

Still it the ad spends much of its time on Gregoire’s claims of getting results.

“Even in tough times we’ve created jobs, improved ours schools and made our community safer,” Gregoire says.

Dino Rossi is up on the air with a new campaign ad called "Income Tax" that tries to tie Gov. Chris Gregoire to supporting a state income tax based on a statement she made to the Spokesman-Review editorial board.

The ad features Gregoire saying the line, "we need to have some sort of conversion over to a partial income tax" followed by Gregoire saying she has never supported an income tax.

It then accuses her of lying about the issue and concludes, "we don't need a new income tax. We need a new governor."

Dave Reichert's campaign is up with a television ad called "Harvard Hoax", its fourth of the campaign season, looking to capitalize on the issue of Darcy Burner's questionable college economics degree.

"Darcy Burner had a problem," the narrator says in the ad, "no experience, no record, no credentials, so she made them up."

The ad then shows a clip of Burner speaking at a recent debate saying, "I loved economics so much I got a degree in it from Harvard."

Burner's actual degree was in computer science with a concentration in economics.

Dino Rossi's campaign for governor launched a new ad today called "Taxes" that seeks to paint Gregoire as a tax-raiser, and ties her to a state income tax.

Rossi's ad calls attention to a claim Gregoire made during her 2004 campaign about not raising taxes, which they claim she broke. The ad then plays a similar statement Gregoire made during this year's campaign and suggests she will raise taxes despite her statements.

The spot concludes with statements Gregoire made at the Spokesman-Review's editorial board meetings about a state income tax, which the narrator calls a bad idea before saying, "We can't afford Gregoire's taxing and spending."

See the ad below.

Two new ads from Gov. Chris Gregoire's campaign, one specialized for Eastern Washington and the other for the Western part of the state, both highlight newspaper endorsements she has received from four major papers in the state who switched their decision in 2004 when they backed Dino Rossi, the Spokesman-Review (Spokane), The Columbian (Vancouver), the Everett Herald, and the Tacoma News-Tribune.

The ads quote from the papers to highlight the governor's record on jobs, education, health care and issues important to Eastern Washington, all of which she has been running on throughout her campaign.

The Western Washington ad can be viewed below.

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) is up with his third television ad of the cycle going after Darcy Burner (D-Carnation) for what he says are untrue accusations about his record.

Reichert himself appears in the ad, called "Seriously", and says that the Burner campaign is putting forth "accusations she knows aren't true" and says flat out, "Darcy Burner, she'll raise your taxes."

The accusations he is referring to are about his legislative record, and include graphics listing a number of bills he has helped to pass.

He says he has passed major legislation, and that he "has been honored for his independence" while the screen shows endorsements from the Seattle Times, Seattle P-I, the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters, the Washington Education Association and the Humane Society.

Darcy Burner's campaign released a new ad in response to this spot from the National Republican Congressional Campaign on behalf of Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) that accused her of being a tax raiser. The ad replaced some previous spots they had running in air time they had already purchased.

Burner's ad repeats her plan to give the middle class a $4,000 tax cut and to remove tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs.

The ad also says "all Reichert has left is tired political attacks" and again seeks to tie him to a congress.org rating that puts him at 401st most effective in the U.S. House, as well as to George W. Bush.

The National Republican Congressional Committee began running an ad today claiming that, while 8th District congressional candidate Darcy Burner says she will bring change to Congress, it is the wrong kind of change.

Specifically, they use the ad to paint her as a "tax and spend" politician, and say she wants higher taxes and bigger government.

"Darcy Burner likes to talk about ‘change' on the campaign trail, but while middle class families continue to struggle, she is offering up nothing more than the failed tax-and-spend policies of the past," said NRCC press secretary Ken Spain.

See the full ad below.

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) has gone up with a new ad called "We Are Better than This" in the 8th Congressional District attacking his opponent, Democrat Darcy Burner, as a strong partisan who will raise taxes.

The ad, Reichert's second of the cycle, first features footage of Darcy Burner, followed by brief footage of women shaking their head while a narrator says Burner wants higher taxes. One of the women in the ad is wearing a button for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)