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.
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