Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels responded to growing attacks that he supported increases to the state’s gas tax by releasing a new ad refuting the charges. The 15-second spot opens with an image of Rebecca Kleefisch and a narrator saying, “The corrupt establishment is falsely attacking Tim Michels.” The narrator then says that Michels has “never supported higher gas taxes,” after which Michels says “These attacks on me, it’s what happens when the establishment gets desperate.” The ad then concludes with the narrator saying, “Tim Michels: Trump-endorsed, job-creating American patriot.”
The ad from Michels is the latest sign the Republican primary is increasingly turning negative as the most recent MU Law School Poll shows the race between Michels and Kleefisch neck and neck. According to that poll, Michels was the choice of 27% of Republicans and independents who say they will vote in the GOP primary for governor while Kleefisch was supported by 26%. The margin of error for Republican primary voters in that poll was 6.3%.
Watch the ad: https://youtu.be/N7DY96qrNdM
