Tyson Foods tries to scuttle TV ad playing up its ties to GOP contender

Richmond (United States)

TYSON Foods has asked Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Corey Stewart to kill a television advertisement, one that slams his Republican rival Ed Gillespie for work his Washington lobbying firm did for the poultry giant as it faced criminal charges related to illegal-immigrant employees.

Mr Stewart has seized on Mr Gillespie's ties to Tyson in the homestretch of the GOP nominating contest, which will be decided in a statewide primary on Tuesday.