Barnes ad knocks Johnson over taxes

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes’ latest TV ad knocks GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson over the taxes his business and family trust fund have paid. The spot opens with news reports about Johnson’s former company paying no state income

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Evers launches two new ads targeting Michels

Gov. Tony Evers launched two new ads hitting GOP rival Tim Michels — one spot on abortion, the other on sexual harassment suits against the construction exec’s business. Evers’ campaign didn’t release details on the buys. One features a couple

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Priorities USA, AFT ads urge Wisconsinites to vote

Dem super PAC Priorities USA and American Federation of Teachers announced a new digital ad urging Wisconsinites to vote because otherwise “someone else is making the decisions.” The $350,000 spot begins with a woman waking up to her phone alarm

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Michels in new ad calls for new direction for Wisconsin

GOP guv candidate Tim Michels is up with a TV ad calling for a new direction for Wisconsin. According to AdImpact, Michels had more than $1 million reserved on paid media over the final week of the race. As of this morning, Michels and the groups backing him were poised

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Johnson says he’s tired of anger, division in new ad

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, has launched a new TV ad saying he’s tired of the anger and the division in this country. The spot shows him raking leaves as he asks if viewers are tired of the division and anger. Johnson says the country faces enormous challenges, and he

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Barnes ad knocks Johnson over taxes

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes’ latest TV ad knocks GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson over the taxes his business and family trust fund have paid. The spot opens with news reports about Johnson’s former company paying no state income tax for seven years and his family trust fund not

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RAGA launches pair of ads backing Tony, bashing Kaul

The Republican Attorneys General Association has launched a pair of 15-second TV ads supporting Fond du Lac DA Eric Toney and blasting Dem AG Josh Kaul. The ad buys came from the Wisconsin Freedom PAC, an affiliate of the RAGA. The group filed a report with the Ethics Commission today

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Michels vows to ‘turn Madison upside down’ in new ad

Republican Tim Michels has launched a new TV ad saying he’s running for guv “to turn Madison upside down and take back the freedoms that make Wisconsin great.” According to AdImpact, the spot is running in the Green Bay, La Crosse and Wausau markets. Michels opens the spot saying he

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Evergreen Action ad praises Evers’ renewable energy plan

Evergreen Action is up with a new TV ad praising Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ renewable energy plan. According to AdImpact, the group is spending $246,000 on TV in the Madison market over the closing weeks of the guv’s race. The narrator says Wisconsinites in every corner of the state are

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Barnes ad charges Johnson failed to make things better

A new TV ad from Dem Mandela Barnes charges GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has failed to make things better during his 12 years in office. According to AdImpact, the spot is running in the Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Wausau and La Crosse/Eau Claire markets. Barnes says in the ad

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Former Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney backs Kaul in new ad

AG Josh Kaul is airing a new ad with National Sheriff’s Association President and former Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney touting the Dem’s work leading the Department of Justice. According to AdImpact, the ad is airing in the Milwaukee, Green Bay-Appleton, La Crosse-Eau Claire and Wausau-Rhinelander markets. Kaul and the

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Evers touts pandemic aid for small businesses in new ad

Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ latest TV ad says he’s “doing the right thing for Wisconsin.” The campaign didn’t release details of the buy. According to AdImpact, Evers and those backing him were poised to spend more than $12 million on paid media over the final two weeks of the race.

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Senate Leadership Fund ad goes after Barnes over crime

The Senate Leadership Fund continues to hit Barnes on crime in a new ad. The group is poised to spend $4.5 million over the last two weeks of the race, according to AdImpact. The narrator in the spot says there were more than 300 murders last year and terror at

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Wisconsin Truth PAC ad highlights voters’ concerns

Wisconsin Truth PAC was prepared to spend almost $1.3 million over the last two weeks of the race, according to AdImpact data. Its new ad, which began last week, features people in bed worrying about various issues. They talk about inflation “eating up all our savings” and home values plummeting,

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Barnes, state Dem Party ad knocks Johnson on abortion

U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes and the state Dem Party have also launched a new ad knocking Johnson on abortion. The joint buy was about $325,690 over the final two weeks of the race, according to AdImpact. The narrator says “extremist right-wing politicians” are trying to pass a permanent ban

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Michels promises to ‘stop the madness’ in new ad

GOP guv candidate Tim Michels is up with a new TV ad promising to “stop the madness.” In the ad, the construction exec says he learned to work hard, take responsibility and do your best while growing up in Brownsville, but that’s not happening under Evers. He accuses the guv

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Evers launches two new ads targeting Michels

Gov. Tony Evers launched two new ads hitting GOP rival Tim Michels — one spot on abortion, the other on sexual harassment suits against the construction exec’s business. Evers’ campaign didn’t release details on the buys. One features a couple identified as Joel and Summer, a Wisconsin mom and dad.

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Johnson, NRSC ad knocks Barnes over crime, inflation

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee are up with a new TV ad that accuses Dem Mandela Barnes of supporting “all the policies causing you and your family so much pain.” The spot opens with a message accusing Dems of defunding and dispiriting the police,

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Priorities USA, AFT ads urge Wisconsinites to vote

Dem super PAC Priorities USA and American Federation of Teachers announced a new digital ad urging Wisconsinites to vote because otherwise “someone else is making the decisions.” The $350,000 spot begins with a woman waking up to her phone alarm and a “privacy protection laws” notification. The narrator in the

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