{"id":1597935,"date":"2022-08-09T22:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T02:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597935"},"modified":"2022-08-09T22:33:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T02:33:41","slug":"wisconsins-lt-gov-barnes-advances-to-face-incumbent-johnson-in-high-spending-match-up-for-us-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsins-lt-gov-barnes-advances-to-face-incumbent-johnson-in-high-spending-match-up-for-us-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin\u2019s Lt. Gov. Barnes Advances to Face Incumbent Johnson in High-Spending Match-Up for US Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsins-lt-gov-barnes-advances-to-face-incumbent-johnson-in-high-spending-match-up-for-us-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson sailed past his only challenger in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a>\u2019s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Aug. 9 and\u00a0will face\u00a0Wisconsin\u2019s Lt. Gov. Barnes\u00a0Mandela Barnes in the general election in November.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the races for Johnson and Barnes not long after polls closed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>As expected, Barnes overshadowed the other four candidates in the Democratic contest. The field had shrunk in the final two weeks before the primary. Three candidates who had trailed Barnes, but were more popular than the remaining candidates, dropped out and endorsed the frontrunner.<\/p>\n<p>Now Johnson and Barnes will square off in the general election on Nov. 8. The race could have one of \u201cthe tightest\u201d finishes of any Senate race in the country, political analyst Joe Handrick told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/08\/31\/mandela-barnes-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes speaks to the crowd gathered at Civic Center Park located outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 29, 2020. (Jim Vondruska\/Reuters) <\/p>\n<p>Johnson is favored to win in November, according to political forecasters Inside Elections and Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball. But Handrick, a Wisconsin native, says the incumbent\u2019s victory shouldn\u2019t be considered a sure thing. And that gives the race national importance.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican party needs a net gain of just one seat to reclaim majority control of the Senate. Analysts across the nation have been predicting the GOP could pick up as many as three seats in the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Senate currently has a 50\u201350 split between the major parties, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking ties in the Democrats\u2019 favor.<\/p>\n<p>Senate-hopeful Barnes, 35, served two terms in his state\u2019s legislature before being elected Wisconsin\u2019s lieutenant governor in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>His website shows a long <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelabarnes.com\/endorsements\/\">list of endorsements<\/a> from community leaders\u00a0and describes his priorities. They include<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson sailed past his only challenger in Wisconsin\u2019s Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Aug. 9 and\u00a0will face\u00a0Wisconsin\u2019s Lt. Gov. Barnes\u00a0Mandela Barnes in the general election in November. The Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ called the races for Johnson and Barnes not long after polls closed on Tuesday. 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