Mallory might turn to TV ads for November race

State Sen. Mark Mallory spent no money on campaign television ads, instead relying on some radio and direct mail pieces.

"We went neighborhood to neighborhood, block to block, and that’s what we’re going to continue to do," he said.

But now that he’s going head-to-head with David Pepper, he could pop up on television, he said. "We have to make an assessment tomorrow to determine what we need to do to get through this election," he said.

Mallory had mingled around the crowd gathered at the Millennium Hotel downtown for nearly an hour before his speech greeting supporters.

In the minutes before his victory speech he stood by himself in front of the speaker’s podium quietly for several minutes and noticeably relaxed once the results came in.

"You know this is actually kind of fun," he said. "This has been a fantastic experience."

The mood was jovial Tuesday night, but Mallory said the celebration would be short with the General Election coming in a few weeks.

"We’re going to celebrate tonight, but we’re going to get to work tomorrow," he said.

-- F.H.