Ron Johnson, a right-wing Trump ally involved in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential results, has been reelected in Wisconsin.
, and has aligned himself with much of the MAGA agenda. Barnes, a Milwaukee-native, had come off his Democratic primary victory in August with a lead over Johnson in polls. But the polls tightened through the fall, and the Republican pulled ahead in the final weeks of the race.’s victory in Wisconsin in 2020 gave Democrats hope that they could harness the same base to propel Barnes to victory.
and distributing racist mailers that darkened Barnes' face . Barnes, who was running to become Wisconsin’s first Black senator, was consistently attacked for being soft on crime and a radical. Despite having a more progressive background, Barnes did not run his Senate campaign as a firebrand, and instead tried to focus his message . “Why has he turned against America?” Johnson said of Barnes during theThis will Johnson's third term in office.
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