The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee today launched a new TV ad and two digital spots hitting U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the first piece of a $3 million campaign targeting the Oshkosh Republican through the November election. Two spots hit Johnson over a tax break he supported that the ads charge

Less than a week out from the primary, Michels and Club for Growth Action are both up with new TV ads attacking Kleefisch, including lines hitting her on China. The Michels campaign didn’t immediately provide details of the buy. The Club for Growth Action spot is part of a $1.3

Republican 3rd CD candidate Derrick Van Orden has launched the first TV ad in his campaign for retiring Dem U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s seat. The ad will run in La Crosse and Eau Claire. A spokesman for Van Orden’s campaign declined to say how much it spent on the spot.

U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes turned his attention to GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson with a new digital ad. It’s Barnes’ first spot targeting the Oshkosh Republican. The campaign declined to provide details of the ad, which calls Johnson out of touch and says he praised a company that moved

State Solutions Inc. says it’s launched a $400,000 TV ad buy targeting Dem Gov. Tony Evers on taxes and crime. The Washington, D.C.-based group said the spots are running in the Green Bay and Milwaukee media markets. In one, the narrator says families are paying an extra $5,200 this year

Republican Roger Roth is up with his first TV ad of the campaign, saying he’s running for lieutenant governor to “build Wisconsin back up and stop those trying to tear us down.” Roth’s campaign said it’s a $250,000 buy on broadcast TV in the Green Bay and Milwaukee markets. It

Club for Growth Action has launched a TV bid knocking Kleefisch, accusing her of taking taxpayer-funded “junkets” and taking a “cushy job in Washington.” The Club for Growth didn’t immediately return a message from WisPolitics.com. A Kleefisch ally told WisPolitics.com the buy is $1.3 million through the Aug. 9 primary.

GOP AG candidate Eric Toney is out with a new radio ad that touts his prosecutorial experience and declares he is law enforcement’s choice to be the state’s top cop. “I’m a prosecutor, not a politician,” the Fond du Lac Co. DA says in the ad. “As a Republican district

Deam U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson released a new digital ad charging U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson hasn’t done anything about gun-related school incidents, even though they’ve increased from 15 when he was elected in 2010 to 249 last year. Nelson’s campaign said the ad is running on digital platforms, but

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski launched a new TV ad today featuring video from this week’s debate in which she questioned her male rivals’ commitment to protecting reproductive rights. Godlewski’s campaign said it is a seven-figure buy running statewide on a combination of broadcast, cable TV and digital platforms.

Republican AG candidate Adam Jarchow this morning in his first TV ad in his campaign to take Dem AG Josh Kaul’s spot blasts Dems for thinking “they have their own set of rules.” The campaign said it is part of a six-figure buy that will initially air in the Milwaukee

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and the NRSC launched a joint ad today that asks what planet President Biden is living on when he claims his economic plan is taking the country in a better direction. It’s part of a $2.6 million buy the Oshkosh Republican and National Republican Senatorial Committee

Dem U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson released a new TV ad in which he says he’s different from Dems from Madison and Milwaukee. Nelson’s campaign said it’s a six-figure buy, but didn’t have other details immediately available. In the ad, Nelson says Dems like him have a whole different “approach”