Ad Watch

The Republican Governors Association has laid down $3.3 million for ads through its ACC Wisconsin 2022 PAC. An RGA spokesperson said the initial buy through the ACC Wisconsin 2022 PAC is $1.1 million and will run on broadcast and cable

Dem Senate candidate Mandela Barnes is out with new ads featuring Barack Obama ahead of the former president’s rally in Milwaukee on Saturday. Barnes’ campaign said the spots will run on digital and radio in the Milwaukee area through the

Gov. Tony Evers has released a new TV knocking GOP rival Tim Michels on education. The campaign didn’t release details of the ad. According to AdImpact, Evers has more than $4.1 million reserved on paid media from today through the

Building Back Together today announced a six-figure digital ad campaign across three states, including Wisconsin, touting the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan. Building Back Together is an advocacy group that supports Biden-Harris administration policies. The spot will also run

Dem Mandela Barnes’ campaign is again knocking U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, over abortion in a new TV ad. The narrator in the spot says “extremist right-wing politicians are trying to pass a permanent ban on abortions,” but they “won’t

Tony Evers today released a new TV ad featuring former President Obama urging people to vote for the Dem guv. Evers’ campaign said the spot will begin airing in the coming days. It comes ahead of Obama campaigning in Milwaukee

A Better Wisconsin Together Political Action Fund reported to the state it’s putting $400,000 behind a TV buy opposing GOP AG candidate Eric Toney. A Better Wisconsin Together Political Action Fund posted a video to its YouTube page this week

A new Republican Attorneys General Association ad ties Kaul to the release of violent offenders by the state Parole Commission. The narrator in the spot, run through the RAGA affiliate the Wisconsin Freedom PAC, says Kaul “didn’t even show up”

The Democratic Attorneys General Association released its first ads of the Wisconsin race, knocking GOP challenger Eric Toney on abortion. The group said the effort through its DAGA People’s Lawyer Project includes about $1.9 million on broadcast, streaming services and

Wisconsin Conservation Voters announced it will invest more than $5.6 million to elect Dem lawmakers, Evers and Barnes The money includes almost $3.6 million to support Evers, Attorney General Josh Kaul and 14 legislative candidates through the Wisconsin Conservation Voters

Senate Majority PAC’s latest ad hits Johnson on abortion and for pushing “tax loopholes” to benefit himself and his donors. The spot plays a clip of Johnson saying, “Did my business benefit? Sure. Did some of my donor businesses? Sure.”

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s latest spot accuses Dem challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes of rationalizing violence against American police officers while appearing on “Vladimir Putin’s propaganda news outlet.” The spot plays news clips from the shooting deaths of five