Iowa’s airways are being taken up by political ads as the election for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat between incumbent Joni Ernst and Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield draws closer.

Both sides have gone on the offensive in new ads released over the past several weeks, including a recent television spot by Greenfield’s campaign called “Best of Iowa” that accused lawmakers of voting to provide economic aid to corporate donors over small business owners.

Refusing donations from political action committees has become a major part of Greenfield’s campaign. In addition to criticizing Ernst, Greenfield says in the ad that “I don’t take corporate PAC money.”

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