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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Sat Aug 5, 2023, 08:24 PM Aug 2023

Would Tammy Baldwin have defeated Ron Johnson in 2016?

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If Russ Feingold ran for the open Herb Kohl seat in 2012 against Tommy Thompson, Would he have won? (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Aug 2023 OP

Russ didn't get the national help Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #1

i was not in the news loop too close Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #4

If I were going to get paranoid about an election dflprincess Aug 2023 #3

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1. Russ didn't get the national help

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 08:27 PM

Aug 2023

the dots didn’t connect

so he just didn’t

(8,617 posts)

2. Did Russ get national help in 2016 like Catherine(NV),Maggie(NH),and Katie(PA) got?

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 08:42 PM

Aug 2023

Ron Kind should have ran for the seat in 2016 instead of a Russ Feingold/Ron Johnson rematch.
This would have made Ron Johnson a one termer.

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4. i was not in the news loop too close

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 09:19 PM

Aug 2023

i know Russ didn’t look at his best the 1-2 times that i saw

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3. If I were going to get paranoid about an election

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 09:13 PM

Aug 2023

it would be Feingold's 2010 loss to that idiot Johnson. 538 still had him way up the morning of the election and something just didn't feel right.