negative campaign

Sure enough, while walking through the Castro street fair, a man called out to Lurie saying he’d seen a negative campaign about his wealth: “Vote no for the trust fund guy,” the man said in explaining the ad.

Murphy, a first-time candidate and the spouse of Gov. Phil Murphy, bowed out of the contest, saying she did not want to engage in a negative campaign against a fellow Democrat.

By the 1990s, that dynamic slowly began to change, though Mr. Biden’s Senate opponents still did not have the resources to mount a negative campaign against him.

“I feel it would be a better use of my time to avoid a negative campaign, ignoring any threats and focus on the positive, where I can contribute to the well-being of others,” Campbell posted to Facebook.

Bloomfield spent more than $731,000 in a positive campaign for Franklin as well as more than $350,000 in a negative campaign against Gutierrez.