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Wisconsin: How Sen. Ron Johnson defied the odds to win re-election

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TomSea:

--- Quote --- Sean Gallitz CBS News November 11, 2016, 3:00 PM
How Sen. Ron Johnson defied the odds to win re-election

Wisconsin was always going to be a pick up for Democrats in the Senate this cycle.

A reliably blue state during presidential years, the last time they voted for a Republican was for Ronald Reagan in 1984. Russ Feingold, the former three-term Senator wanted his seat back after Ron Johnson defeated him in 2010, and with presidential year turnout and high name recognition things looked good. So good, in fact, that Johnson was all but abandoned from by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the GOP entity in charge of helping to win Senate seats.

Johnson’s strategy to run as the outsider against Feingold, the career politician, who had held the seat for the three terms before Johnson was unique, and somewhat paradoxical, given that he was the sitting senator.  But in the end proved right as an outsider Donald Trump won the White House.

Continued: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-sen-ron-johnson-defied-the-odds-to-win-re-election/
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Minor miracle here, I thought Johnson looked to lose. And he is a good guy.

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