Politics & Government
Podcast: 'Bleep' Those Political Ads!
Communications strategist Scott Spradling discusses some of the New Hampshire ads with Michael Graham of NH Journal.

In a New Hampshire campaign season awash in attack ads and tens of millions of dollars, the commercial that breaks through might be the one that makes political professionals roll their eyes.
That is communications strategist Scott Spradling’s take on the return of Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s husband-and-wife comedy routine — and on the challenge facing candidates trying to get noticed in the 2026 advertising barrage.
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“I would describe it in one word, and that’s onslaught,” the former WMUR political reporter and anchor told the NHJournal podcast.
Then a conversation with NH-02 GOP nominee Lily Tang Williams fresh off her first debate with Rep. Maggie Goodlander.
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This story was originally published by the NH Journal, an online news publication dedicated to providing fair, unbiased reporting on, and analysis of, political news of interest to New Hampshire. For more stories from the NH Journal, visit NHJournal.com.