Submitted by Mike Tipping on November 1, 2008 - 10:22am
Democratic Representative and District 35 Senate candidate Troy Jackson is the subject of a negative ad that accuses him of sleeping on the job and includes a photo of him napping in the legislative chamber. WAGM reported on his response:
While WAGM reports that the ad was a "mail brochure," PolitickerME reports that it appeared in a newspaper, and has much more on the subject.
Here's the photo:
Jackson's explanation not correct
There is another photo that shows Jackson sleeping and the electronic board in the background shows that the House was in the middle of a debate at the time.
I love Hannah Pingree's spin that representatives sleep on the House floor on a regular basis.