Ad war heats up as spending shatters records in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

[RandySF]

The TV ad war in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race has heated up as Judge Janet Protasiewicz's campaign opened up new lines of attack on former Justice Dan Kelly, and the state's largest business group jumped into the fray with a reported multi-million dollar ad buy on Kelly's behalf.

Spending on the race also continued to pile up, with $13 million spent on TV ads since the Feb. 21 primary by one count. When added to the money spent before the primary, Wisconsin's race would blow past the previous national record for a state supreme court race.

The leading spender so far has been Protasiewicz, whose campaign has benefited from millions of dollars in transfers from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Kelly, the candidate backed by Republicans, has yet to reserve ads in the general election campaign, but Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Issues Mobilization Council began running what it called a "substantial buy" in the race.

One of the latest ads from Protasiewicz includes attacks Kelly in blunt terms for a case he planned to hear when he was on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2020.

The background of the case, which involved the state's voter rolls, is lengthy. It was filed in 2019 by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, or WILL, a group where Kelly once served briefly on a litigation advisory board. The plaintiff in the case, Timothy Zignego, was a Kelly campaign donor. Records maintained by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign show contributions from the Zignego family totaled $20,000 in 2019 and 2020.




https://www.wpr.org/ad-war-spending-records-wisconsin-supreme-court-race-protasiewicz-kelly

[TheRealNorth]

1. The Zignegos back in the day.....

We're big Pat Buchanan backers. So my money is on that they are knuckle-dragging MAGATS looking to put someone on the WI Supreme Court that would overturn a Democratic Presidential victory.

[dembotoz]

2. live in wisconsin, I now get multiple, i mean multiple fund raising texts every damn day

worse than extended car warranty

[RandySF]

3. Good

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. The Media calls it an Ad War, their Bankers call it Hush Money....Hush! One side is fascist!