Dan Debicella, a Republican running for Congress ffrom the 4th District, and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley are each featuring their wives in their ads.
Foley's ad aims to present a softer side of the candidate. It shows Foley strolling in the autumn sunshine with his wife Leslie, who talks about her husband's devotion as a husband and father.
A Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this month showed Foley faces a significant gender gap. His opponent, Dan Malloy, has a 15-point advantage among women. Will Leslie Foley's ad be enough to close that gap?
Meanwhile, Alexandra Debicella is starring in her husband's ad because she wanted to "set the record straight about [his]...support for women,'' she says. Debicells supports "a women's right to chose,'' she says.
And, she said, Debicella believes rape victims have the right to access to emergency contraception but "he voted not to force Catholic hospitals to distribute it.''
Debicella's Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, has launched Women for Himes, to galvanize support.
But Alexandra Debicella accused the Himes camp of "distorting" Debicella's stance on the emergency contraception bill.