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A private group watching the conduct of judicial candidates says a TV ad from Court of Appeals Judge David Barber misrepresented two opinions challenger Janet Stumbo issued when she was on the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the non-partisan, unofficial campaign group also said Stumbo kept outdated information on her Web site that might have given voters the mistaken impression that Barber had not paid his delinquent taxes. But the Kentucky Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee said Barber's TV ad was more serious and is the kind of advertising it was created to discourage and prevent. Barber, of Prestonsburg, and Stumbo, of Van Lear, are running for the Court of Appeals 2nd Division seat in Eastern Kentucky's 7th District in next Tuesday's election.