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If you’re a Democratic incumbent who won your last race by a thin margin you’d better strap yourself in for a negative advertising binge.
That’s a lesson Rep. Debbie Benefield has learned.
The Democratic candidate, who won the state’s 29th House District by one percentage point in 2004 and is campaigning against Republican challenger Affie Ellis, has been a prime target for attack ads funded by two 527 groups.
