Early in Brown's campaign, he claimed he had the support of 100 black ministers. KTRK political consultant Dr. Richard Murray says the ads are not high risk.
"All the candidates in this race who have a chance of winning are Democrats," he said. "They're all pretty liberal, so there's not much of a risk of running a negative ad in the black community when you are fighting for a majority of that segment."
Dr. Murray says the candidates are positioning themselves for a runoff.
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