Carson airs TV ads in early-voting states

Ben Carson is airing a pair of television ads in the early-voting states on Friday, NBC News reports, as the Republican presidential candidate surges in the polls.

The ads will play in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada and are backed by $500,000, according to the network. 

{mosads}One ad shows Carson sitting next to his wife Candy while speaking about voters wanting “some honesty” and “real solutions” amid clips of him meeting supporters.

“Did you know Washington is built on a swamp?” Carson says in the second 30-second spot, mentioning the federal debt, regulation and gridlock. 

“Washington is broken. The political class broke it,” he says. 

The ads come on the heels of two polls in Iowa showing Carson surging past businessman Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. 

Trump said Thursday evening that he was surprised to see the results of the first Iowa poll showing him falling into second place there. 

“I have a feeling we’re doing much better in Iowa than the polls are showing, if you want to know the truth,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.