{"id":2000667,"date":"2023-08-14T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-still-searching-for-candidates-to-challenge-sen-tammy-baldwin\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T22:46:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:46:34","slug":"republicans-still-searching-for-candidates-to-challenge-sen-tammy-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-still-searching-for-candidates-to-challenge-sen-tammy-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans seeking candidates to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin."},"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\">16<\/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%2Frepublicans-still-searching-for-candidates-to-challenge-sen-tammy-baldwin%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=2000667&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--><h2>Republicans Search\u200b for Strong Candidate to Challenge \u200bSen. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans are on\u2063 the hunt for a \u200dformidable candidate \u200bto take on incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in her bid for a third term next year. With the goal of regaining control of the Senate, Senate Minority\u200b Leader Mitch McConnell\u200b (R-KY) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), chair of the National Republican\u200d Senatorial Committee, have \u200dbeen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-still-searching-for-candidates-to-challenge-sen-tammy-baldwin\/\" title=\"Republicans seeking candidates to challenge Sen. Tammy Baldwin.\">actively recruiting highly electable candidates<\/a> in key swing states.<\/p>\n<p>The path to victory for McConnell and \u200cDaines relies on winning \u2062in states \u2064like Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West \u2063Virginia, where Democratic incumbents \u200care up for reelection. However, Wisconsin, often overlooked in the early stages,\u200c could prove to be a vulnerable target due to Baldwin&#8217;s \u2064progressive credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-says-she-hasnt-ruled-out-primarying-chuck-schumer-in-2022\/\" title=\"AOC Says She Hasn\u2019t Ruled Out Primarying Chuck Schumer In 2022\">left-wing stance<\/a>, Baldwin \u200dis considered a strong candidate, thanks to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-floats-idea-covid-19-was-targeted-to-attack-white-people-and-spare-jews-report\/\" title=\"RFK Jr suggests COVID-19 targeted whites, spared Jews: Report\">impressive fundraising abilities<\/a> and reputation for\u2062 prioritizing \u2064constituent services. The Democratic \u2062Senatorial Campaign\u200b Committee is heavily invested in protecting incumbents like Baldwin, but with Republicans lacking \u200da serious candidate as of mid-August, major resources have not yet \u2064been allocated to\u2064 her race.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), the top choice for Senate Republicans, declined to run, citing his work as chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Daines expressed disappointment but acknowledged the \u2064importance of\u2062 having \u200ba serious conversation with Gallagher about\u200b the possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Another potential candidate, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI), also \u2062decided to run for reelection in the House. Speculation arose earlier this year when web domain name\u2063 purchases for &#8220;thomastiffanyforsenate.com&#8221; and &#8220;tomtiffany4senate.com&#8221; were flagged by web \u2063crawlers.<\/p>\n<p>Other GOP congressmen from Wisconsin, including Reps. Scott Fitzgerald, Glenn Grotham, Bryan\u2062 Steil, and\u2064 Derrick Van Orden, as well as\u200c former House Speaker Paul Ryan, declined the \u200copportunity to run for Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 remaining \u200cpotential\u200d candidates being \u200brecruited\u2063 by the NRSC are Eric Hovde and Scott Mayer,\u200c both Wisconsin-based businessmen with the\u200d ability to self-fund their campaigns. Hovde, who invested\u2062 millions\u200d in his failed 2012 Senate bid, is taking his time to decide, vetting consultants and\u200b attending\u200d GOP events. Mayer, on the other hand, plans to make a decision by Labor Day.<\/p>\n<p>Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, a conservative firebrand with \u2063close ties to former President Donald Trump, is also considering a bid. However, he may face challenges in gaining support from Senate GOP leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Daines dismissed any \u2063notion of problems in the candidate recruitment process, stating that\u200b the &#8220;jury&#8217;s still out&#8221; on Wisconsin. He expressed optimism about the competitiveness of the race and hinted\u2063 at the engagement with other potential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>According to NRSC spokesman Tate Mitchell, \u200ca strong candidate will\u200b be chosen in\u2064 Wisconsin to highlight Tammy Baldwin&#8217;s record \u2063as a far-left rubber stamp for Joe \u2063Biden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are actively seeking a candidate to oppose Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) in her bid for a third term. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) are focused on recruiting strong contenders in crucial swing states to regain control of the Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2000668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}