Senate GOP Targets Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin

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Washington Examiner

“Wisconsin is going to be one of the top states. It’s a battleground for the presidential race. It’ll be a battleground state for the Senate. Eric Hovde … would be a great candidate,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told the outlet.

“He’s been involved in a big campaign before, and it looks like he’s doing a really good job of preparing for the battle,” he continued. “That race is going to be really competitive.”

Given he hasn’t launched his campaign yet, Hovde’s political views are elusive, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted. Most of his public political statements come from 2012, his last attempt at the Senate, where he was defeated by former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson. However, he had much to say about his rival, Baldwin, who entered office after defeating Thompson that year, saying he “fundamentally” disagrees with her on “almost everything.”