A conservative-leaning advocacy group for seniors is going after congressional incumbents Kathy Dahlkemper and Paul Kanjorski as part of a new TV campaign targeting Democratic lawmakers who supported the newly enacted health care law.

The 8th District Republican Congressional primary was reported as the most expensive in the nation and now it appears the district is on its way to similar stature in the general election. The Jackson Sun reports that two groups have announced plans to spend more than $1 million on a new round of advertising that will back Republican Stephen Fincher and attack Democrat Roy Herron.

A conservative organization representing older Americans announced plans today for a nearly $400,000 advertising campaign opposing the re-election of U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello.