In the first TV ad of his 2018 Senate campaign, entitled “Skills,” Senator Tim Kaine focuses on building “an economy that works for all” by spotlighting his efforts in the Senate to expand and strengthen job training.
“Our economy works best when everyone has a skill,” Kaine says in the ad, mentioning shipbuilding – a trade that employs tens of thousands of Virginians, is critical to the Hampton Roads economy, and helps keep Americans safe by supporting the military’s mission.
The ad, which will begin airing Monday as part of a six-figure buy this week in the Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke and Tri-Cities markets, puts attention on Kaine’s focus on the economy, jobs and improving the workforce in his campaign.
In the Senate, Kaine has been a champion for expanding career and technical education and job training. A co-founder of the bipartisan Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus, Kaine has passed legislation to raise CTE program quality, expand CTE programs to middle schoolers, and strengthen vocational counseling for students through the Career Ready Act, which is featured in the ad.
As governor, Kaine created Governor’s Career and Technical Academies in Virginia, which The Washington Post described at the time as helping to “align instruction in science, technology, engineering and math with the needs of the modern workplace and secondary education, so students learn the skills that high-demand and high-wage careers require.”
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