Only 35% of Wisconsin voters viewed Johnson favorably in a Marquette University Law School poll from mid-August, while 42% viewed him unfavorably.
It's the question that no one seems to know the answer to - except, maybe, the senior senator from Wisconsin himself: Is Ron Johnson running for a third term? At this point, given his penchant for saying controversial things about the 2020 election, the January 6 insurrection, the coronavirus and vaccines, Democrats seem to be just as happy running against the two-term Republican as they would be if he retired and this were an open seat.
After winning the presidential contest here, as well as two Senate runoffs that flipped the balance of the chamber, Democrats are hopeful that a competitive governor's race - and especially a potential Stacey Abrams candidacy - will help juice turnout in a non-presidential election year.
Raphael Warnock, who's running for a full six-year term, is glad to have the Democratic field to himself as he raises money for what's sure to be a hotly competitive general election race, regardless of how the GOP primary shakes out. It remains to be seen how much establishment Republicans worried about Walker's candidacy can do about it now that he's in the race with Trump's backing. Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, who's tried to attack Walker, is still running for the GOP nomination, as are a handful of others. The former President is holding a rally in the Peach State this weekend, where he's sure to share his thoughts on candidates up and down the ballot there as he seeks revenge on Republicans whom he thinks were insufficiently supportive of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Still, Democrats have the edge in a state that Biden carried in 2020.įormer football star Herschel Walker, the man who was freezing the Republican field in Georgia for months, finally launched his Senate campaign late last month, which was quickly followed by an unsurprising Trump endorsement. That's just what Republicans want to hear as they look to attack him as too extreme for this purple state. John Fetterman told CNN in a recent interview about his strong belief in eliminating the filibuster. "Stop apologizing for the space we take up as a party and ram some stuff through and get it done," Pennsylvania Lt. Republicans, however, think a national environment that looks worse for Biden could help them hold onto this seat, especially with the biggest fundraiser in the race pushing the party to the left on some issues. Senate before - ever," she wrote in a recent op-ed touting her science background. "A woman physician has never served in the U.S. Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh, for example, who's running with the backing of EMILY's List and 314 Action, has been outspoken about the threat to abortion rights and the importance of the Supreme Court. Democrats are happy to see Republicans go after each other, while they attack the GOP on issues ranging from partisan audits to abortion restrictions.
But rather than doing anything to clear the field, the endorsement may be making this race more ugly, with businessman Jeff Bartos launching personal attacks on Parnell. Parnell already had support from the former President's son, Donald Trump Jr., so getting the elder Trump's backing wasn't a big surprise. Conor Lamb (who's running for the Democratic nod for this seat). He backed Army veteran Sean Parnell, who lost a 2020 House bid to Democratic Rep. The biggest development in the Keystone State, which remains the seat most likely to flip partisan control, was Trump earlier this month wading into the GOP primary to replace retiring Sen.