Former Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Robinson Jackson (D) is on the air with her first spot as a Senate candidate in Illinois. It focuses on bringing troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Attorney Jacob Meister (D) was the first to go on the airwaves with a relatively small buy with this spot on Nov. 9, followed by former Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman (D) with this biographical spot on Dec. 1.

State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, who polls show is the frontrunner in the Democratic primary, went up with two
similar spots on the air focusing on the economy in the first week in December.