Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is launching his first campaign television ad, which his campaign said Monday will include multiple slots over the next month, including seven across the state. This is part of an order-of-magnitude acquisition.
Hovde, a millionaire businessman, is running against Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Despite officially announcing her re-election to a third term nearly a year ago in April 2023, she has yet to run an ad in the campaign. Hovde’s first spot to air on Tuesday is the same one Hovde published on her own website during her campaign. launched the campaign last week.
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In his ad, Hovde cited the economy, crime, health care and “open borders” as issues facing the country. He didn’t mention Baldwin or Wisconsin there.
Republican businessman Eric Hovde announced his Senate campaign on February 20, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. (John Hurt/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
“Everything is going in the wrong direction,” Hovde says in the ad. “All Washington is doing is dividing us and talking about who’s to blame, but it doesn’t solve anything.”
Baldwin campaign spokesman Andrew Mamo had no comment.
Hovde has been endorsed by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, but other Republicans are also considering challenging him for the nomination. Franklin businessman Scott Meyer and former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark are also considering a run for the Senate.
Two lesser-known Republicans are also running. Tremperloo County Commission Supervisor Stacey Klein and Regjani Raveendran, a 40-year-old college student and chair of the Republican Party Committee at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Baldwin won re-election by an 11 percentage point margin in 2018, and her victory is critical to Democrats’ hopes of retaining the Senate majority. Democrats will hold 23 seats in the Senate in November, two of which are held by independents who caucus with Democrats. By comparison, Republicans hope to keep just 11 seats.
