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Diaz de la Portilla debuts 1st TV ad, 6 days before Miami Senate election

@PatriciaMazzei

Alex Diaz de la Portilla began campaigning on television Wednesday, launching a Spanish-language ad that touts him as the reliable, experienced Republican in next week's special state Senate primary.

"My trajectory speaks for itself," Diaz de la Portilla, a former senator, says into the camera, characterizing his voting record as one of cutting taxes, protecting seniors and fighting for more jobs and better education. Then he appears with his brothers, former Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and former Rep. Renier Diaz de la Portilla, and their families.

"You already know me and my whole family," Alex Diaz de la Portilla says. "We're Republicans with conservative values."

Diaz de la Portilla is going on the air six days before the election. Thousands of mail ballots have already been cast. In-person early voting opened Saturday.

Diaz de la Portilla's chief opponent, Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, has been on TV for weeks. Diaz de la Portilla refers to a single opponent in his ad, but a third candidate, attorney Lorenzo Palomares, is also running (though not advertising on TV).

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