Wisconsin Dem Sen. Tammy Baldwin Wins Reelection

The Guardian reports:

The Democrat Tammy Baldwin has won Wisconsin’s Senate race, earning a third term and concluding a race against the Republican banker and real estate mogul Eric Hovde that at times turned bitter and personal. Baldwin’s victory comes after a race that turned increasingly acrimonious as it wore on, with Hovde and his Republican allies elevating anti-LGBTQ+ messaging in the final weeks of the campaign.

Multiple ads by the Senate Leadership Fund, a Super Pac focused on electing Republicans to the US Senate, sought to connect Baldwin – who was the first out gay member of the US Senate – to LGBTQ+ causes. One of the ads falsely claimed that Baldwin directed taxpayer funds to a trans health clinic; another suggested, misleadingly, that Baldwin had vowed to support “sex change surgeries for minors”.

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Thank you, Wisconsin. https://t.co/JS939Y0Noy

— Tammy Baldwin (@tammybaldwin) November 6, 2024