| Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin defeated wealthy GOP businessperson Eric Hovde in Wisconsin's Senate race, The Associated Press projected. Baldwin, who first won her seat in 2012, narrowly led Hovde throughout the contest in public polling, though the race tightened down the homestretch. The incumbent attacked Hovde as an out-of-touch carpetbagging millionaire over his ties to California banking and warned he would not protect abortion rights. The Republican, in turn, derided the incumbent as a career politician who had failed to secure the southern border and address the cost of living crisis. Tens of millions of dollars poured into the race in the closing weeks as the polls tightened — and amid a tight race at the presidential level in the Badger State. Read the latest
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