Candidate: Tammy Baldwin
Position: U.S. Senate (Wisconsin) Race Status: Sen. Baldwin is seeking a second term and the race is rated on the cusp between Lean and Likely Democratic.[i] Tammy Baldwin has made history many times throughout her career despite notoriously saying in her victory speech in 2012, “I didn’t run to make history. I ran to make a difference!” Baldwin was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin, and then the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. She was also the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and then the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate. In her two decades in Congress, Baldwin has been a fierce progressive. While in the U.S. House she consistently introduced single-payer healthcare proposals, and signed onto legislation to impeach then Vice President Dick Cheney for his fabrication and manipulation of evidence regarding Iraq. In the Senate she’s been a great advocate on immigration reform and protecting immigrants, and she’s also been one of the most vocal opponents of the GOP budget and tax plan. Wisconsin doesn’t hold its primary until August 14, so her opponent is not yet known. However, Koch affiliates have already spent millions of dollars working to defeat her. Click here to view her campaign website and be sure to check her out on social media – @TammyBaldwin on Twitter and www.facebook.com/tammybaldwin. If you’re able to support her financially with a donation of $20.18 (or another amount) you can contribute by clicking here, or via her website. Her website also has information on how to volunteer with her campaign. [i] From Wikipedia: Several sites and individuals publish predictions of competitive races. These predictions look at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the Congressional District (reflected in part by the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assign ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat. Most election predictors use:
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