State Senate Dems refocus ad spending on closer contests

Senate Dems have dropped ad buys in two races that lean in their favor while bulking up the money they’re putting on the air for seats in the Milwaukee suburbs, Green Bay area and north of Madison, according to AdImpact.

Earlier this month, state Sen. Brad Pfaff, D-Onalaska, had $466,444 in ad reservations between Labor Day and Election Day in the 32nd SD and Dem Appleton Ald. Kristin Alfheim had $863,187 reserved as she seeks the open 18th SD that runs from Oshkosh to Appleton. But neither had any air time reserved anymore as of Monday afternoon, according to AdImpact.

That money has shifted to boost Dem attorney Jody Habush Sinykin as she challenges state Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, in the 8th SD; Dem businessman Jamie Wall as he takes on GOP Allouez Village President Jim Rafter in the 30th; and nonprofit leader Sarah Keyeski as she faces state Sen. Joan Ballweg, R-Markesan, in the 14th.

Andrew Whitley with the State Senate Democratic Committee said the caucus has seen good polling out of both the 18th and 32nd and are confident in where they’re at in both races.

“We’re targeting everything on those three really, really critical ones,” he said of the 8th, 14th and 30th.




https://www.wispolitics.com/2024/senate-dems-refocus-ad-spending-to-closer-contests/