--- title: Gov. Bill Haslam's New Campaign Ad is Insanely Cute description: Republican incumbent Bill Haslam in Tennessee has kids endorse him canonical: https://time.com/3502888/heres-the-cutest-ad-of-the-2014-cycle/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-13T20:47:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:45:21.245Z article:section: Politics og:title: Gov. Bill Haslam's New Campaign Ad is Insanely Cute og:description: Republican incumbent Bill Haslam in Tennessee has kids endorse him og:url: https://time.com/3502888/heres-the-cutest-ad-of-the-2014-cycle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gov. Bill Haslam's New Campaign Ad is Insanely Cute twitter:description: Republican incumbent Bill Haslam in Tennessee has kids endorse him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's the Cutest Ad of the 2014 Cycle by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 13, 2014 8:47 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Oct 13, 2014 8:47 PM UTC Bill Haslam may be facing [Charlie Brown](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/08/charlie-brown-democrats-find-another-character/13802871/) in the Tennessee governor’s race, but it’s Haslam’s latest ad that most resembles a Peanuts cartoon. In a 60-second spot, the incumbent Republican governor lets the youngsters of Tennessee sell him as the best candidate, highlighting his work on education and job growth. One little tyke really goes for it, closing off the ad with, “the proof is in the pudding.” Yet for Haslam, the proof may actually be in the polling: Real Clear Politics has Haslam with a [28-point lead](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2014/governor/tn/tennessee%5Fgovernor%5Fhaslam%5Fvs%5Fbrown-5184.html) over his challenger Brown, who was a virtual unknown when he secured the Democratic nomination in August. Haslam is considered a shoo-in for governor. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3502888/heres-the-cutest-ad-of-the-2014-cycle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3502888/heres-the-cutest-ad-of-the-2014-cycle/"},"headline":"Here's the Cutest Ad of the 2014 Cycle","datePublished":"2014-10-13T20:47:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:45:21.245Z","description":"Republican incumbent Bill Haslam in Tennessee has kids endorse him","url":"https://time.com/3502888/heres-the-cutest-ad-of-the-2014-cycle/","keywords":["2014 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2014-election/","name":"2014 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3502888/heres-the-cutest-ad-of-the-2014-cycle/","name":"Here's the Cutest Ad of the 2014 Cycle"}}]}] ```