Ron Johnson beats Feingold & pollsters, helps save Senate for Republicans

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Watchdog.org:

MILWAUKEE – Down in the polls throughout the campaign, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, won a convincing reelection victory over Democratic challenger Russ Feingold Tuesday, helping Republicans maintain control of the Senate.

 

After a bitter and expensive campaign, Johnson struck a conciliatory tone in his acceptance speech.

 

“I wish Russ Feingold well in the next chapter of his life,” Johnson said of the former three-term U.S. senator he first defeated during the Republican Revolution of 2010.

 

Johnson, who trailed Feingold by double digits at one point in the race, beat the Middleton Democrat by 5 percentage points.

 

The senator said Wisconsinites and Americans must come together to “save this country.”

 

He won a second term reiterating that it will be his last.