Emmer releases new television ad: ‘Balance’

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer released a new television ad on Wednesday called “Balance.” In it he vows to “limit the growth in state spending to the amount of taxes we collect, so government does not spend money we don’t have.” It’s the third television ad by the campaign this election season.

The Minnesota Constitution prohibits the state from running a deficit.

Campaign Manager Cullen Sheehan said in a statement accompanying the ad, “Tom Emmer is the only candidate to release a detailed, fully balanced budget – and it’s a budget that requires government to live within its means. He knows that it is time for government to balance a budget the way Minnesota families do, and that our children deserve to inherit something other than our debt.”