He ran this campaign trying to paint Barnes as being weak on crime with a thin resume who will be a rubber stamp for the national Democratic agenda.īarnes, like many Democrats nationally, tried to make the race about abortion, highlighting Johnson’s long support for overturning Roe v. Johnson is one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest backers.
He was first elected in 2010, as part of the tea party wave, and won reelection in 2016. Johnson has been a top target for Democrats in swing state Wisconsin.
“I’m surprised in Wisconsin my race was this close, I am,” Johnson said.īarnes, the current lieutenant governor, was seeking to become the first Black senator from Wisconsin. Johnson said he expected Republicans to do better in the midterm election, saying Democratic policies are “not good for America.” The race was one of a handful of tight Senate contests across the country that could determine which party holds majority control. “It’s just crystal clear he has no path to victory here,” Johnson said. Johnson, in an interview on WISN-AM, accused Barnes of refusing to accept the outcome of the race after he had promised earlier in the campaign he would. “We will wait and see what the Wisconsin voters have decided after all their voices are heard.” “No matter what anyone says, we are committed to making sure every vote is counted,” Barnes’ campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel said earlier this morning. He planned a noon news conference in his hometown of Milwaukee. This race is over.”īarnes did not concede defeat early today. Barnes to overcome his 27,374 vote deficit.
“The votes are in,” Johnson said in an email statement. The win for Johnson, one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest backers, came after Trump narrowly lost the state to President Joe Biden two years ago.
Ron Johnson defeated Democrat Mandela Barnes in the midterm elections, keeping a seat in GOP hands while turning back Barnes’ attempt to make history as Wisconsin’s first Black senator.
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