Super PAC supporting Scott Walker unveils first ad

“Governor Walker is known for taking on the big government union bosses and liberal special interests, but it’s his results of turning deficits into surpluses, returning surpluses to taxpayers with billions in tax cuts, expanding school choice, and fighting to make government unions pay their fair share like the rest of us that separate him from other candidates,” said Brad Dayspring, a senior advisor to Unintimidated PAC, in a statement. “Republican voters looking for a conservative who not only fights but wins these battles even in the toughest circumstances will find their candidate in Gov. Walker, whose record of conservative accomplishments resonates in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, and beyond.”

The ad, which is titled “Fight & Win,” is part of a $7 million purchase of air time in the Hawkeye State. Walker, who lived in Iowa during the late 1970s, has seen his position in statewide polls slip since the first GOP presidential debate. He trails Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, in a RealClearPolitics average of Iowa polls.

In recent days, Walker has rhetorically attacked former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in an ad produced by his campaign, and defended Cruz against House Speaker John Boehner’s criticism that the senator is a “jackass.” But the ad released by his super PAC focuses on his battles with “liberal activists” in Wisconsin — not his fellow Republicans.

“Madison, Wis., 2011: Big government union bosses lead thousands of liberal activists in protest against Gov. Scott Walker’s bold reforms. They stormed the capitol, threaten his safety, even try to recall him,” the ad’s narrator can be heard saying. “But Scott Walker never backs down.”

When the ad begins airing in Iowa, the next GOP presidential debate in California on CNN will be just eight days away. Walker is poised to make the debate’s main stage once again, and will look to improve on his performance from the first debate.