Incumbent Ron Johnson runs as outsider as GOP defends Senate

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Washington Examiner:

Incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., faces one of the toughest re-election fights of any Republican in the U.S. Senate for 2016. His race is one of several that will determine whether the GOP keeps its majority.

 

Johnson's campaign expects the race will be too close to call right up through Election Day, as he faces a rematch against his 2010 opponent, former Sen. Russ Feingold.

 

Johnson's team wants to prove his 2010 election during a wave of Tea Party-led victories was not a fluke, and for voters in Wisconsin to perceive him as the upstart outsider.

 

"He might be the incumbent, but he's still the outsider," said Betsy Ankney, Johnson's campaign manager. "He's still running against a three-term career politician."