COLUMBUS (AP) — Lawyers for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray today demanded Ohio television stations pull a Republican Governors Association ad alleging a consumer agency Cordray led secretly collected and left vulnerable Americans' personal financial data.
A cease-and-desist letter to station managers from the Perkins Coie law firm alleges the ad, titled "Cordray Failed," contains false statements the Republican governors' group cannot back up.
Spokesman Jon Thompson said, "We stand by the ad."
Cordray and Republican Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine are in a high stakes race this November to succeed Republican Gov. John Kasich, who's term-limited.
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