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Portland TV station pulls ad criticizing Pingree, citing inaccuracies

The Associated Press

Posted Oct. 14, 2010, at 6:15 p.m.

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Pivot Point Inc., S. Donald Sussman, chairman of Connecticut-based Paloma Partners, is seen. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, who is campaigning for office against Republican Dean Scontras, is engaged to Sussman. Republicans are making hay over Pingree's use of Sussman's private jet and raising questions about whether his company benefited from the federal bank bailout. (AP Photo/Pivot Point Inc.) NO SALES

PORTLAND, Maine — A Portland television station has agreed to stop running a political ad attacking U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree in her re-election campaign.

WCSH-TV said Thursday it pulled the ad after determining that part of it was not factual.

The ad was paid for by the Maine Republican Party and takes Pingree to task for her travels on a private jet while stating that her fiance, hedge fund manager S. Donald Sussman, received $200 million in federal Wall Street bailout money.

The Pingree campaign asked that the ad be pulled because it was false and misleading. Campaign officials said the jet is not owned by Pingree and that Sussman never received any bailout money.

Pingree is running against Republican businessman Dean Scontras to represent Maine’s 1st Congressional District.