Candidates in a critical Middle Tennessee congressional campaign are taking digs at each other through heavy TV ad buys in the waning days of the Nov. 5 election.
In the 7th Congressional District race, former Metro Nashville Mayor Megan Barry launched an ad claiming Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green “rigged” rules for Congress members to trade stocks and supported tax breaks for the wealthy instead of reductions for the middle class. Barry has spent roughly $350,000 on ad buys with Nashville’s main TV stations over the past month, with the new ad criticizing Green for what some have flagged as questionable stock buys.
Green, a former state senator from Cheatham County and chair of the Homeland Security Committee, went on the defensive with his own ad saying Barry backs Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency, “even after (Biden-Harris) spent trillions, wrecked our economy with massive inflation and opened the border.” Green has spent about $300,000 on TV ad buys with Nashville’s main stations over a shorter period of time.
Questions about Green’s stock buys have dogged him throughout since late 2023.
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