Nader Backer Pulls State Ads in Bid to Aid Gore
SACRAMENTO — With a tight presidential race in California, a Ralph Nader supporter on Tuesday pulled ads promoting him in California newspapers out of concern that votes for Nader could cost Al Gore the state.
Greg MacArthur, a New York businessman paying for full-page advertisements to boost support for Green Party candidate Nader, decided to pull those that were to run in California’s largest newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, this week. He said he would switch the ads to New York and Texas.
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