Koch group back into Wisconsin Senate race with $1M ad buy
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers announced Thursday it is getting back into the Wisconsin Senate race with an ad buy on behalf of GOP incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson, just two weeks after canceling ad reservations in the state.
A spokesman for the group, Freedom Partners Action Fund, cited "some shifts in the polls" in explaining the new $1 million buy boosting Johnson's record on veterans' issues, and attacking Democrat Russ Feingold.
The group's earlier decision to cancel $2 million in ad reservations in Wisconsin was widely seen as evidence Republicans were giving up on Johnson, who has consistently lagged Feingold in their rematch in a state likely to favor Democrats in a presidential election year.