The Clinton buys aren't all for Super Tuesday states. | Getty Clinton reserves ad time in March states — including Vermont

CHICAGO — Recognizing that she has a fight on her hands against Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton's campaign has begun reserving television advertising time in an array of states that will hold Democratic primaries and caucuses in March — including some that should be easy wins for the former secretary of state.

The move comes just days after Sanders' campaign bought time in Minnesota, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Massachusetts — four March 1 states that Sanders is targeting after his jarring 22-point victory in New Hampshire on Tuesday.


The Clinton buys aren't all for Super Tuesday states: they include Michigan, which the Sanders team has also targeted on March 8, as well as caucus states that Sanders is counting on the following weekend like Maine and Nebraska.— according to media buying sources

The ad buys include an investment in Sanders' home state of Vermont, the one Super Tuesday state Clinton hasn't visited during her campaign, as well as Arkansas, the state where Bill Clinton served as governor.

Other states included in the wide-ranging orders include Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Alabama.

Clinton spokespeople did not respond to immediate requests for comment.