Wisconsin has set up a few key midterm battles after the primaries. The governor’s race will be closely watched with Donald Trump-backed candidate Tim Michels getting the GOP nod. On the other hand, Democrats are fielding Tony Evers.
“I will never compromise my conservative principles, but there are so many people in Wisconsin that are feeling left behind… We will work together, we are going to make so many improvements in this state and I pledge you that”, Michels said while vowing to make Evers a “nonessential worker” in November.
The Senate race will see GOP candidate Ron Johnson go up against Democrat Mandela Barnes. The former already called the latter a “radical left candidate”, adding that he was a “progressive puppet out to fundamentally change America”.
Longtime Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette got the nod from the Democratic primary and will take on GOP member Amy Loudenbeck.
There are eight districts in Wisconsin, and the candidates from each party who’ll be contesting them are as follows.
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Democrat Ann Rowe goes up against incumbent GOP member Bryan Steil from District 1. Meanwhile, in District 2, incumbent Democratic Party candidate Mark Pocan will go up against whoever wins the GOP nod between Erik Olsen and Charity Barry.
In District 3, Republican Derrick Van Orden will go up against whoever gets the nod from the Dems. Incumbent Democratic Party candidate Gwen Moore will face Republican Tim Rogers in District 4. In District 5, it is Mike Van Someren of the Democratic Party versus incumbent Republican candidate Scott Fitzgerald.
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District 6 sees incumbent Republican Glenn Grothman go up against whoever gets the nod from the Dems. Richard Ausman of the Democratic Party will face Tom Tiffany, the incumbent GOP candidate in District 7.
In District 8, Mike Gallagher, the incumbent Republican Party candidate goes up against the Democrat’s choice.
Wisconsin is a tough state with polarization and had gone with Trump during the 2016 election before choosing Biden in 2020.