Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speaks to his supporters during an predetermination nighttime enactment successful Neenah, Wis. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson won a 3rd word successful Wisconsin, defeating Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes successful 1 of the astir costly Senate races successful the country.
Johnson, who entered the contention arsenic 1 of the astir susceptible Republican senators up for reelection successful 2022, faced persistent disapproval implicit his deflections connected questions astir the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, termination and same-sex marriage. The apical Republican connected the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee connected Investigations, Johnson besides expressed doubts astir the 2020 predetermination and the broadside effects of Covid-19 vaccines.
Barnes, a progressive erstwhile assemblage organizer who won the Democratic superior by acclamation, led the polls implicit the summertime – giving Democrats anticipation of picking up a spot successful a authorities that narrowly went for Donald Trump successful 2016 and Joe Biden successful 2020, each clip by little than a percent point.
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