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Jilly_in_VA

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Mon Aug 14, 2023, 02:17 PM Aug 2023

Republicans Get Desperate for a Wisconsin Senate Candidate

Wisconsin Republicans need someone to run against Sen. Tammy Baldwin: a two-term incumbent who’s up for re-election in the swing-state of Wisconsin next year.

But, for now, they’re getting crickets.

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), the top pick of Republican Senate recruiters and leadership, said no in June. He recently nabbed the chairman spot on a new Select Committee on China—one of his legislative priorities—and says he wants to stick with it.

Then, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) weighed the option. Reporters earlier this year flocked in interest as newly created “Tom Tiffany for Senate” websites were flagged by web crawlers—a typical indicator that a candidate is reserving URLs because they are at least considering a bid.

But earlier this month, Tiffany passed on running too.

“While Tammy Baldwin is vulnerable due to her record as a rubber stamp for President Biden, I can make the greatest impact continuing to serve the great people of Wisconsin in the House of Representatives,” Tiffany told The Northwoods River News.

The remaining four Republican Wisconsin Reps.—Bryan Steil, Derrick Van Orden, Scott Fitzgerald, and Glenn Grotham—have all also said no for their own variety of reasons. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan has also passed.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-get-desperate-for-a-senate-candidate-in-wisconsin?ref=home

What a sad list! And I think Van Orden DQ'd himself earlier this month by screaming at interns.

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Republicans Get Desperate for a Wisconsin Senate Candidate (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 OP
Scraping the bottom of the barrel ? I assumed they always did that. rickford66 Aug 2023 #1
K & R for visibility Celerity Aug 2023 #2
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