As Memorial Day and even higher summer gas prices approach, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee today launched a series of online ads on two sites that consumers use to find lower gas prices - www.gasbuddy.com and www.gaspricewatch.com - to expose Senator Elizabeth Dole's accepting thousands of dollars in contributions from the oil and gas industry while standing in the way of reducing America's dependence on foreign oil.

The ads will run over the next month in North Carolina - where Dole has taken over $242,000 from the oil and gas industry - as well as Oregon, New Hampshire, Texas, Minnesota and Kentucky and will be seen two million times.

"Rather than fighting for her constituents who are facing record prices at the pump, Elizabeth Dole continues to fight for the agenda of the oil industry that's making record profits," DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller said. "Voters are tired of watching their wallets thinning at the tank while Elizabeth Dole's campaign coffers are fattened by the oil companies."