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October 08, 2024 | By Benjamin Yount
Policy Issues
Ballot Integrity

Cook Political Report Calls Wisconsin U.S. Senate Race “Toss Up”

On Tuesday, the Cook Political Report changed the race between Hovde and Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin from “lean Democrat” to “toss-up.”

Eric Hovde says Wisconsin’s race for the U.S. Senate is tightening because voters are starting to pay attention to the issues, not the ads.

On Tuesday, the Cook Political Report changed the race between Hovde and Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin from “lean Democrat” to “toss-up.”

The change comes after the latest Maquette Law School Poll gave Baldwin a seven-point lead in the race.

Hovde told News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber that the gap is closing because voters aren’t seeing anything more from Baldwin than a flood of TV ads.

“So, I'm talking about all the issues. What is she doing? Running the most absurd ads saying the most ridiculous things, like I don't think the elderly should vote. I think farmers are lazy. Trying to tell people I'm a Californian,” Hovde said.

Hovde said Baldwin is running those ads because she doesn’t have any accomplishments of her own to run on.

“She couldn't even run ads about her own success, because she has none,” Hovde added. “She ran an ad saying she got something done for US Steel. That was an executive order by President Trump. She ran an ad saying she was fighting against fentanyl because I was talking about it. She never did anything about fentanyl.”

Baldwin’s campaign on Tuesday announced a new ad that it says will “highlight Eric Hovde’s support for raising the retirement age and gutting Social Security by 28%, which would cost the average senior on Social Security more than $6,000 a year.”

Hovde said the real focus of the race needs to be on the things that Wisconsinites continue to say are their top priorities: The economy, their personal finances, and immigration and crime.

“The issues are on my side. I'm talking about inflation, what caused inflation, the reckless spending. Talking about the border and all the implications that come with the border,” Hovde said. “Affordable housing. Health Care. The crime issues, the fentanyl crisis, the humanitarian crisis. Talking about our healthcare system, the costs continue to go up. The access to care continues to go down. Affordable housing, young people can't buy homes.”

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