House hopeful Tarkanian requests opponent's ad be pulled

Southern Nevada Republican congressional candidate Danny Tarkanian's campaign is asking TV stations to pull an ad from his primary opponent Michael Roberson.
   
The commercials attack Tarkanian's involvement in a telemarketing scheme and his work as a registered agent for a company whose director was convicted of defrauding elderly victims.
   
The letter that Tarkanian's lawyers sent to stations on Tuesday argues that the same claims were the subject of a defamation lawsuit that Tarkanian won against an opponent in a prior run for office.
   
The letter is a request but can't force stations to pull the ad.
   
Roberson campaign official Jeremy Hughes says Tarkanian's work relationship with a company that got in trouble with the law is an indisputable fact.
   
Election Day is Tuesday.