Dem Congressional Candidate MJ #Hegar Releases Hard-Hitting Ad Targeting Opponent Carter [TXPolitics 24/7 blog]

A campaign ad with high production values that has been released by the campaign of Democratic congressional candidate M.J. Hegar is drawing nationwide attention to her campaign.

The Round Rock fighter pilot is challenging eight-term Republican Rep. John Carter in November in the heavily Republican 31st District, and it was a fateful incident with his congressional office that propelled the political novice into politics. As Mashable relates:

A former military pilot injured in the line of duty, Hegar's ad (soundtracked by a "Gimme Shelter"-esque tune) traces her life and the battles she faced after her injury, including successfully suing the Pentagon to lift their ban on women in combat. Part of her journey was the inability to get a meeting with her representative, Rep. John Carter (R), a member of the Tea Party because she wasn't a donor. Now, she's made Carter her opponent.

Ad Week magazine calls the use of doors in the ad, "a compelling symbol for the challenges she’s faced along the path to her candidacy."

Watch the ad below: