The national Associated Builders and Contractors says it’s doing six figures in digital ads featuring former national Chair Steve Klessig, of Wisconsin, praising U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh. The ads will target voters through mobile devices, tablets and computers while they are on ad-enabled news publishers, as well as streaming

Future Forward Action is up with a new ad saying Michels brings “some pretty radical stuff with him” when he “makes that long journey from his home in Connecticut all the way to Wisconsin.” The group is spending nearly $1.3 million on paid media over the final week of the

Gov. Tony Evers’ campaign released a new 15-second TV ad saying GOP rival Tim Michels pledged to “rig future elections.” According to AdImpact, the spot aired in the Madison and Milwaukee markets. Evers was poised to spend more than $3 million on paid media over the final week of the

A group calling itself Wisconsin RINO Hunters is running digital ads that call independent guv candidate Joan Beglinger “the true conservative choice” in the race. WisPoiltics.com reported earlier this week the group had reported digital and mail opposing Republican nominee Tim Michels. Its updated filing shows the group has put

Dem AG Josh Kaul has launched a new 15-second TV ad charging GOP rival Eric Toney is “unfit to be attorney general.” According to AdIMpact, Kaul and the Democratic Attorneys General Association are poised to spend $1.7 million on paid media over the final week of the race. Toney and

An affiliate of the Republican Governors Association is up with a new ad asking if people are better off under Evers. The narrator in the spot says the cost of living has skyrocketed, Evers proposed painful tax increases and tried to raise the gas tax 20 percent. The narrator then

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

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

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

The Wisconsin Truth PAC is up with a new ad saying Barnes supports raising taxes for working families. The group was poised to spend nearly $2 million over the final week of the race. The spot opens with couples looking over bills together. “Americans struggling to pay their bills,” a

Gov. Tony Evers launched a new TV ad saying while in office he’ll always try to do the right thing. The campaign didn’t release details of the buy behind the latest spot. He has $2.4 million in paid media reserved for the final week of the campaign, according to AdImpact.

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

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

The Democratic Governors Association is up with a new ad hitting Republican Tim Michels on sexual harassment allegations against the Michels Corp. According to AdImpact, the Alliance for Common Sense spot is running in the Milwaukee, Green Bay, Wausau and La Crosse-Eau Claire markets. The narrator in the ad recounts

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

The Republican Accountability Project says it’s launching a $3 million ad campaign across several states, including Wisconsin, calling for Republicans to stop sowing distrust in elections. The group said the campaign kicked off Monday in Wisconsin with ads on Fox News, Newsmax and Fox Business Channel. The ads, which will

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

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

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.

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