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{"id":26962,"date":"2026-09-01T08:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/max-millers-democratic-challenger-highlights-his-own-family-in-tv-ad\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:47:47","slug":"max-millers-democratic-challenger-highlights-his-own-family-in-tv-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/max-millers-democratic-challenger-highlights-his-own-family-in-tv-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Miller\u2019s Democratic challenger highlights (his own) family in TV ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Democrat Brian Poindexter\u2019s first general-election ad in his campaign to unseat Rep. Max Miller doesn\u2019t directly mention the Republican\u2019s well-publicized family drama \u2014 but it makes the subtext impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/diIaaLzWen0\" target=\"_blank\"><u>minute-long ad<\/u><\/a> titled \u201cDaughters\u201d features Poindexter\u2019s three children \u2014 Ashley, Makayla and Taylor \u2014 telling stories about their dad as they sit in front of family photos. His campaign is launching a six-figure buy on digital, cable and broadcast television this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always shows up: for family dinner, for our games, to help with homework \u2014 even when he\u2019s not helpful,\u201c the daughters say. \u201cHe shows up for everyone, coworkers, neighbors and our whole community. For anyone who\u2019s getting hurt or needs a hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poindexter has leaned on his working-class background and a focus on affordability issues in his campaign against Miller, without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/08\/05\/congress\/brian-poindexter-interview-max-miller-01025723\" target=\"_blank\"><u>explicitly making an issue of Miller\u2019s legal battle<\/u><\/a> with his ex-wife. In the \u201cDaughters\u201d ad, Poindexter again attempts to thread the needle, amplifying his family values and commitment to community without attacking Miller directly.<\/p>\n<p>Miller is facing allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/01\/max-miller-abuse-divorce-gop-01021028\" target=\"_blank\"><u>abuse from his ex-wife<\/u><\/a>, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno. Miller has denied any wrongdoing, including accusations that he poured hot water on Emily Moreno, held a gun to her head and broke his daughter\u2019s collarbone.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations have put national spotlight on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/19\/max-miller-insists-he-can-win-again-but-warns-in-court-filings-hes-bleeding-union-support-and-cash-01041212\" target=\"_blank\"><u>competitive Cleveland-area district<\/u><\/a>, and Democrats are investing to flip the seat.<\/p>\n<p>The ad ends with Poindexter saying in a voiceover, \u201cI\u2019m not going to D.C. for me. I\u2019m going for my daughters \u2014 and yours.\u201d<br \/>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Brian Poindexter\u2019s first general-election ad in his campaign to unseat Rep. Max Miller doesn\u2019t directly mention the Republican\u2019s well-publicized family drama \u2014 but it makes the subtext impossible to ignore. The minute-long ad titled \u201cDaughters\u201d features Poindexter\u2019s three children \u2014 Ashley, Makayla and Taylor \u2014 telling stories about their dad as they sit in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}