The liberal A Better Wisconsin Together is now up to $6.2 million spent on the state Supreme Court race after a new round of digital ads praising Protasiewicz and knocking her conservative rival Daniel Kelly. All three are 15-second spots, including one that says Kelly wants to keep abortion illegal

The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Issues Mobilization Council has released a new spot knocking liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz over a sentence she handed down in a rape case. The ad features the narrator recounting a rape case interspersed with a female voice reading from the victim impact statement.

Janet Protasiewicz has released two new TV ads appealing to voters for their support. In one, the narrator casts the choice as one between an “extremist or a common sense judge.” The campaign said the spots are part of a statewide buy that’s now reached $10.3 million since the race

Daniel Kelly’s campaign released two other new ads featuring county sheriffs backing the former justice. One focuses on the Bounds case with one the line, “Monsters like him belong in prison.” Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson then says, “Judge Janet disagrees.” Another features Kelly with two sheriffs as the former

A new WMC Issues Mobilization Council ad hitting liberal Janet Protasiewicz on crime comes as the group has upped its buy.

A group created to back a nonbinding referendum on whether able-bodied childless adults should have to meet work requirements to qualify for public assistance has spent $384,760 on radio, TV and digital ads urging voters to approve it. Keep Wisconsin Working reported $480,000 in receipts, $384,760 in expenses and $95,240

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America announced today it plans to spend $2 million to back conservative former Justice Daniel Kelly in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race through TV, digital ads and canvassing. A spokesperson said the group is putting $1.25 million into TV and digital with the rest going to GOTV

Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz has launched another two TV ads, including one that calls conservative rival Daniel Kelly a “jerk” for his past comments on Social Security. Protasiewiciz has now released four new ads this week as part of her overall $10.3 million TV buy. The new spots

Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz released two new TV ads knocking conservative rival Daniel Kelly, including one calling him too corrupt and extreme. The ads are part of a statewide $10.3 million buy. One spot features several people — including former Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney and his successor

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced a new TV ad hitting conservative Supreme Court candidate Daniel Kelly on abortion and background checks for firearm purchases. The group said it’s a $500,000 buy that will air on broadcast and cable TV in the Madison and Milwaukee markets. It begins tonight

Project Democracy PAC announced a six-figure digital ad urging voters to support liberal Janet Protasiewicz in the April 4 Supreme Court race. The group said the ad targets business executives and economic leaders in Wisconsin, as well as more than 200,000 voters who identify as moderate, centrist, independent, lean Democratic

Conservative former Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly unveiled his first TV ad of the campaign, knocking liberal rival Janet Protasiewicz for letting “dangerous criminals back into our streets.” Kelly’s ad features Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt and Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson. Schmidt says sheriffs are supporting Kelly, while Severson

The WMC Issues Mobilization Council is out with a new TV ad knocking liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz on sentences she handed out while on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court bench. That includes no prison time for a woman who starved her son to death. A source familiar with

Dem state Senate candidate Jodi Habush Sinykin released a new TV ad knocking GOP rival Dan Knodl on abortion and warning he would give “extremists total control of the state Senate.” It is Habush Sinykin’s third ad. She’s been on the air since February through broadcast and cable TV. The

Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz launched two new TV ads today knocking conservative rival Daniel Kelly, one calling him “an extremist who doesn’t care about us” and the other declaring he’s “extremely corrupt.” Protasiewciz also announced she’s added another $600,000 in media buys, pushing her overall effort on the

Liberal Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz has launched two new TV ads, one praising her as a commonsense judge, the other knocking conservative rival Daniel Kelly as “for sale for $20,000.” Protasiewicz’s campaign said the ads are part of a statewide buy that has now reached close to $8 million