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Wisconsin Election Denier Finally Concedes To Sen. Tammy Baldwin

LOADING ERROR LOADING Eric Hovde, the Republican Senate candidate in Wisconsin who’s been spreading election conspiracy theories since the race was called for Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, finally conceded to her Monday nearly two weeks after the election. “The results from election night were disappointing, particularly in light of the last-minute absentee ballots that were dropped in Milwaukee at 4 …

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1 month ago

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde conceded defeat on Monday to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin in their U.S. Senate race, saying he did not want to “add to political strife through a contentious recount” even though he raised debunked election conspiracies. Hovde, in his concession video, repeated claims he first made last week, saying there were “many troubling issues” …

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'Lies from the darkest corners of the internet': Dem senator blasts losing MAGA candidate

Raw Story

One of Democrats' bright spots in the 2024 election was the re-election of Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who defeated Trump-backed businessman Eric Hovde even as Trump narrowly carried the state. “We’re certainly disappointed that the Democrats’ effort to siphon votes with a fraudulent candidate had a significant impact on the race, with those votes making up more than the entire …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Republican Hovde admits he lost US Senate race, still weighing a recount

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde admitted Tuesday that he lost the U.S. Senate race to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin, but refused to concede and instead repeated misleading claims about the election while he considers a recount. “That grift needs to stop!” Villa posted on X. Baldwin campaign spokesperson Andrew Mamo accused Hovde of “sowing doubt about our very …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

GOP's Eric Hovde blames third-party candidate for Senate loss – and refuses to concede

Raw Story

Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde is still refusing to concede his loss to Sen. Tammy Baldwin and blaming a third-party candidate for siphoning off the votes he needed to win. America First candidate Thomas Leager netted almost the exact vote total as the Hovde's loss margin, and the Republican accused Democrats of propping up the former gun rights lobbyist's long-shot …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why AP called the Wisconsin Senate race for Tammy Baldwin

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Associated Press declared that Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin won reelection to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin after it determined that Republican Eric Hovde wouldn’t be able to take the lead once the remaining untabulated ballots were counted. Here’s a look at how the AP called this race: CANDIDATES: Baldwin vs. Hovde and two others WINNER: Baldwin POLL …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tammy Baldwin wins Senate race in battleground state of Wisconsin

Raw Story

The Wisconsin Senate race has been called for Tammy Baldwin. The contest, between the incumbent Democratic senator and Republican businessman Eric Hovde, was a must-win for Democrats who have already lost control of the Senate. In April, Hovde came under fire for pushing Trump-backed conspiracy theories about voter fraud in nursing homes, suggesting it was impossible that voter turnout among …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin Wins Reelection, Holding Key State For Democrats

Huff Post

Sen. Tammy Baldwin addresses the crowd before Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a campaign event last month in Madison, Wisconsin. via Associated Press Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin was projected to win a third term in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, dispatching Republican businessman Eric Hovde in one of the nation’s hardest-fought Senate races. Her …

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Politico

Your guide to Senate results on election night With assists from POLITICO’s Congress team A person walks past temporary security fencing placed around the U.S. Capitol building in preparation for Election Day in Washington, on Nov. 3, 2024. In Nevada, the Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund has poured more than $6 million into Republican Sam Brown’s campaign in the last two …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump-Backed Millionaire vs. Baldwin: Wisconsin Senate Race Takes Center Stage

Associated Press

Wisconsin's Senate race between Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin and Republican Eric Hovde is a key contest for Democrats to retain their majority in the Senate. Baldwin, who has the support of the Farm Bureau, has been focused on bipartisanship and addressing issues such as inflation and crime. Hovde, on the other hand, has emphasized his wealth and conservative stance on …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Your guide to Senate results on election night

Politico

Your guide to Senate results on election night With assists from POLITICO’s Congress team A person walks past temporary security fencing placed around the U.S. Capitol building in preparation for Election Day in Washington, on Nov. 3, 2024. In Nevada, the Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund has poured more than $6 million into Republican Sam Brown’s campaign in the last two …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Baldwin Focuses on Middle-Class Tax Cuts in Senate Race Against Hovde

Live Mint

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin pitched her support for tax cuts for the middle class instead of the wealthy and corporations in her key reelection fight against a Republican banker. She criticized GOP challenger Eric Hovde's support for extending Donald Trump's 2017 tax law and promised to protect programs like Social Security from cuts.

2 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. Senate elections: Democrats desperately need to change course on this losing strategy.

Slate

Throughout the 2024 cycle, analysts have been justifiably pessimistic about Democrats holding the Senate, where they currently have a slim 51–49 majority, factoring in independents who caucus with them. And then there’s Sen. Jon Tester in Montana, who held on to his seat in the 2018 Democratic wave election but who has trailed most recent polls against businessman Tim Sheehy, …

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3 months ago

'Anything to enrich himself': GOP candidate slammed after report reveals Mexican bank deal

Raw Story

Wisconsin Democrats are demanding answers after a report revealed a Mexican bank accused of working with drug cartels dropped $26 million into GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde's bank, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Hovde's bank, the Utah-based Sunwest, arranged a deal last year to fly $26 million in cash from Mexico City to Irvine, California, according to the Milwaukee …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican Eric Hovde Invested Millions In Companies That Outsourced Jobs From Wisconsin

Huff Post

U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde addresses the audience at a campaign rally on Aug. 20 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “Whole industries over the last 20 years have moved away to China, to India, to Mexico, all over the globe.” But prior to entering politics, Hovde invested millions of dollars in firms that laid off hundreds of Wisconsin workers, moving production to …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Republican claims campaign ad defamed him — and sues TV stations

Raw Story

Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde has filed a lawsuit against several local television stations for running an ad from a Democratic political action committee. Politico's Newsletter reported in March that during an unsuccessful Senate run in 2012, Hovde disclosed that he had assets of at least $50 million in insurance companies based in Bermuda, "benefitting from not having to pay …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Grow up': Republican on hot mic bashes 'stupid' young adults on parents' insurance plans

Raw Story

A Wisconsin Republican wants to take out a key piece of the Affordable Care Act. Heartland Signal, via WCPT 820 AM, posted an excerpt of a hot mic conversation with Republican Senate hopeful Eric Hovde. Read also: Republican states that refuse to expand Medicaid are making Obamacare great again "It's a stupid idea," said Hovde. Hovde argued that the lowest …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Column: Champagne wishes and caviar dreams ... of a Senate seat in Wisconsin?

LA Times

Eric Hovde was born and raised in Wisconsin, but has been pretty scarce there since running for U.S. Senate a dozen years ago. They’ve posted billboards and created a website linking Hovde, or, rather, “California bank owner Eric Hovde,” to a luxe life of champagne and pleasure. A TV spot — crashing surf, sparkling wine and, of course, palm trees …

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8 months ago

Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting

Associated Press

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. MADISON, Wis. — The Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s closely watched U.S. Senate race emphasized this week that he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting after initially saying that “almost nobody in a nursing home” is at a point in life where they are capable of voting. “We had nursing homes where …

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8 months ago

'Twisting my words': GOP Senate candidate denies saying elderly people shouldn't vote

Raw Story

Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde is unhappy that the media is covering his proliferation of MAGA election conspiracy theories. In a new video posted to X, Hovde — a banking and real estate development executive challenging Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin — complained that news outlets were mischaracterizing his past statements about voting in nursing homes, implying that he was saying …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote

Raw Story

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde expressed doubts about the 2020 election results by arguing nursing home residents are too close to death to vote, newly released audio shows. Hovde made the comments on the conservative Guy Benson Show, in audio obtained by the Heartland Signal, when he was asked where he stood on former President Donald Trump's ongoing conspiracy …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

In swing-state Wisconsin, Democrat hustles to keep key Senate seat against Trump-backed millionaire

Associated Press

NEW GLARUS, Wis. — Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, whose “go everywhere” 2018 campaign strategy became a model for how to win in battleground Wisconsin, knows her road to victory this year against a multimillionaire Republican supporter of former President Donald Trump goes through places like New Glarus. “Look, in a state like Wisconsin, a 50-50 battleground state, you don’t have …

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9 months ago

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate picks out-of-state team to win NCAA tournament

Associated Press

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. The University of Wisconsin alum, who is running to take on Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in one of the country’s most watched Senate contests, is wearing a UW pullover in the picture. Hovde does give a nod to the two Wisconsin teams in the tournament: “The Badgers and Marquette make …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde pledged in a new campaign ad Friday to donate his salary to charity if elected, a move that comes as Democrats try to paint the California bank owner and real estate mogul as an out-of-touch multimillionaire. “I don’t need their special interest money, and I won’t take it.” Hovde promises …

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Wisconsin Election Denier Finally Concedes To Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde concedes defeat to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in US Senate race

'Lies from the darkest corners of the internet': Dem senator blasts losing MAGA candidate

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GOP's Eric Hovde blames third-party candidate for Senate loss – and refuses to concede

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Baldwin Focuses on Middle-Class Tax Cuts in Senate Race Against Hovde

U.S. Senate elections: Democrats desperately need to change course on this losing strategy.

'Anything to enrich himself': GOP candidate slammed after report reveals Mexican bank deal

Republican Eric Hovde Invested Millions In Companies That Outsourced Jobs From Wisconsin

Wisconsin Republican claims campaign ad defamed him — and sues TV stations

'Grow up': Republican on hot mic bashes 'stupid' young adults on parents' insurance plans

Column: Champagne wishes and caviar dreams ... of a Senate seat in Wisconsin?

Republican Wisconsin Senate candidate says he doesn’t oppose elderly people voting

'Twisting my words': GOP Senate candidate denies saying elderly people shouldn't vote

GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote

In swing-state Wisconsin, Democrat hustles to keep key Senate seat against Trump-backed millionaire

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate picks out-of-state team to win NCAA tournament

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity