Romney Leads in Florida Primary Advertising, Nielsen Reports

Romney Leads in Florida Primary Advertising, Nielsen Reports

Giuliani Heaviest Advertiser in January

NEW YORK, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitt Romney has placed more television advertisements in the Florida Republican Presidential primary than any other candidate, but Rudy Giuliani has run more ads in January, The Nielsen Company reported today. Altogether, a total of 8,012 TV spots have been run between March 2007 and January 2008 in Florida by Romney (4,475), Giuliani (3,067) and John McCain (470).

Nielsen did not report on ad placement in the Democratic primary since Democratic advertising in Florida has been minimal.

                         FLORIDA REPUBLICAN PRIMARY                    Number of Television Spots by Month    Candidate  Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct  Nov  Dec   Jan    Total              '07 '07 '07 '07 '07 '07 '07  '07  '07  '07  1-22nd  Candidate                                                                  Spots '08    Rudy   Giuliani(R)  0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0   0  189    2878      3067    Mitt   Romney(R)  250  48   1   0   0   0 1086 224 486  988    1392      4475    John   McCain(R)    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0     470       470    Source:  Nielsen Monitor-Plus     About The Nielsen Company  

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