Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appears on a television camera monitor as he takes questions at a news conference after a campaign rally at Gateway High School in Monroeville, Pa., Saturday, April 23, 2016 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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By Noah Stubbs of the Courier and Press

Think you saw a lot of campaign ads leading up to the Indiana primary? Well, you were right.

The Evansville TV market ranked 16th in presidential campaign advertisements, a total of 2,201, that aired between March 16 and May 8, according to a report released Thursday by Wesleyan Media Project.

Of those 2,201 TV ads, more than half were ads in support of Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican contender who suspended his campaign after placing behind Donald Trump in the Hoosier primary.

Aside from Evansville, Indiana had four other top 20 markets for presidential ads: Indianapolis ranked third, South Bend ranked eighth, Fort Wayne ranked 13th and Terre Haute was ranked 15th.



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Source: Wesleyan Media Project