A new television ad starting today in Missouri’s 4th congressional district urges citizens to contact Rep. Ike Skelton (D) and tell him that he works for Missouri, not Nancy Pelosi. To view the ad, click here.

The ad states that Rep. Skelton and Nancy Pelosi vote together 98% of the time: “Under their control, spending has skyrocketed, the deficit has tripled, and nearly one in ten Missourians are unemployed.” 

“Now they want to pass a new energy tax which could cost a Missouri family thousands.”  the ad says, citing the cap-and-trade bill which has been working its way through Congress. “Tell Skelton he works for Missouri, not Nancy Pelosi.”

The $141,269 ad buy will run on network and cable channels in the district starting today and continuing through August 11. It is part of Americans for Prosperity’s November Is Coming initiative – providing citizens a mechanism to tell their legislators if they vote for freedom-killing legislation, like cap-and-trade or one of the endless bailouts, then citizens will vote against them in November.

“Rep. Skelton has to know he’s going to be held accountable for his votes,” said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity. “His decisions are already killing jobs and raising taxes, and the Missouri economy can’t afford it.”

More than 371,000 Americans have signed the November Is Coming petition at www.NovemberIsComing.com telling their elected officials that “If you vote Yes to big government programs or any other freedom-killing legislation, I will vote NO on you in the next election.” The petition goes on to say that the citizen signing the petition will vote against the elected official: 

“If you voted yes to the government takeover of health care; vote yes to cap-and-trade energy taxes or fail to stop any related EPA regulation; vote yes to any more bailouts; or fail to stop any attempts to regulate the Internet.”