The NRSC has launched a new TV ad charging Barnes’ agenda includes cutting the prison population in half. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said it is a high six-figure buy on TV and digital that will run throughout the state. The spot opens playing a clip of Barnes saying, “Reducing

Mandela Barnes has launched a new ad featuring a man identified as a retired police officer calling the Dem U.S. Senate candidate “the real deal” and refuting the suggestion he wants to defund the police. It’s the second ad Barnes has run in the last month pushing back against a

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes has launched two new TV ads, including one that accuses U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, of lying about the lieutenant governor’s taxes. Barnes’ campaign said the ads are part of a multi-million dollar statewide campaign on broadcast, cable, and digital. Barnes didn’t file a

Republican Derrick Van Orden released a new ad criticizing his Dem opponent Brad Pfaff as a career politician. A spokesman for the Van Orden campaign did not immediately return a request for details on where the ad would run, on which platforms and how much was spent on the spot.

The Republican Governors Association is hitting Gov. Tony Evers over violent criminals who have been released on parole during his term. The RGA said the spot — through its affiliate Right Direction Wisconsin PAC — is part of a $790,000 buy on broadcast and cable TV in Milwaukee. The narrator

Right Direction Wisconsin, an affiliate of the Republican Governors Association, today launched a new TV ad that charges Wisconsin families are being left behind under Dem Gov. Tony Evers. The RGA said the buys is $780,000, and the spot will air in the La Crosse, Wausau and Green Bay markets.

Wisconsin Truth PAC is again going after Dem U.S. Senate nominee Mandela Barnes over crime in a new TV ad. The group said the spot will run statewide as part of a TV, radio and digital campaign. It’s part of a $12.5 million buy. The narrator in the spot says

The Dem-aligned Senate Majority PAC announced two new ads hitting GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, one on abortion and the other for allowing “oil and drug companies to jack up prices on us.” The abortion ad is backed by a $1.6 million buy and will run in the Milwaukee, Madison

A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund has launched new ad hitting GOP guv candidate Tim Michels as “radical” on abortion and gun policy. The abortion spot is running on TV in Madison and Milwaukee, as well as digital statewide, while the gun policy ad is running on digital statewide. Both

GOP U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil launched the first ad of his reelection bid, touting his support for law enforcement. The Janesville Republican’s campaign said it’s a six-figure buy on broadcast and cable TV that will run across southeastern Wisconsin’s 1st CD. The spot opens with several people identified as police

The Senate Leadership Fund, which is aligned with Senate Republicans, has launched a second wave of ads targeting Dem Mandela Barnes on public safety. The group has filed reports with the FEC totaling nearly more than $5.1 million in independent expenditures between Aug. 31 and today. That includes more than

Gov. Tony Evers’ latest buy includes a new version of an ad he ran in June featuring parents talking about him and education. The new spot includes one parent saying, “Education begins at home” before another adds, “As a former science teacher, Tony Evers knows that getting parents involved in

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany released a new digital ad in his reelection campaign for the 7th CD. The spot is a $30,000 initial buy in the district, according to a spokesman for the Minocqua Republican’s campaign. It will run in the Duluth-Superior, Wausau-Rhinelander, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Eau Claire-La Crosse markets.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is out with a new ad criticizing U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes as a “defund the police” Democrat. The TV and digital ad is part of a six-figure buy. The spot features a clip of the lieutenant guv next to graffiti that reads “Barnes” and

GOP guv candidate Tim Michels’ campaign has launched two ads, including one saying Dem Gov. Tony Evers and “his cronies” are throwing the kitchen sink at him. The campaign didn’t immediately release details of the new buy. One spot shows Michels surrounded by sinks on the ground. He says in

MoveOn Political Action ran a TV ad during the Green Bay Packers game yesterday knocking U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, as an “out-of-touch millionaire.” The group said the ad ran in the Green Bay and Milwaukee markets during the game. The narrator says “MAGA Republican Ron Johnson loves private jets.”

Building Back Together, the group created to promote Joe Biden’s agenda, is launching a new TV ad to tout the climate, health care and tax bill the president signed into law. A group spokesman said the ad will run in Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., as part of a

Americans for Prosperity is putting $1 million behind a digital ad campaign to tout its endorsement of Republican Tim Michels in the guv’s race. The group detailed the expenditure in a new filing with the Ethics Commission and told WisPolitics.com the ads began Tuesday and will run through Sept. 30