Republicans Pour Money Into Wisconsin Senate Race Democrats Say Will Be Close

CBS Minnesota

October 15, 2024

Sensing an opportunity in swing-state Wisconsin, Republicans are pouring money into the bid to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in that state's closely watched Senate race.

Democrats also have dialed up their efforts in the contest, which remains crucial to their hopes of maintaining their Senate majority. They maintain an overall spending advantage and insist that the contest was always going to tighten as Election Day nears.

A loss in Wisconsin to GOP nominee Eric Hovde would make preserving Democrats' majority extremely difficult in a national landscape in which Republicans have far fewer seats to defend this year.

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