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A "draft Feingold" movement was established independently of his campaign. [83] On August 17, 2005, Feingold became the first U.S. Senator of either party to suggest a firm date for American withdrawal from the Iraq War, saying that he favored a complete withdrawal by no later than December 31, 2006. [69]
Feingold won by positioning himself as a quirky underdog who offered voters an alternative to what was seen by many as negative campaigning of opponents Jim Moody and Joe Checota. [8] On primary day, Feingold, whose support had shown in the single digits throughout much of the campaign, surged to victory with 70 percent of the vote. [7]
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The 2010 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Senator Russ Feingold lost re-election to a fourth term to Republican challenger Ron Johnson, a businessman and first-time candidate. [1] Johnson was the first Republican to win a Senate election in Wisconsin since 1986. Feingold also became ...
The 2016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wisconsin, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
In September 1997, Neumann announced his candidacy for the United States Senate against Russ Feingold. Both candidates had similar views on the budget surplus, although Neumann was for banning partial-birth abortion while Feingold was against a ban. Both candidates limited themselves to $3.8 million in campaign spending ($1 for every citizen of ...
The Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll released Oct. 30 found that 4% of respondents said Ramaswamy was their first choice for president, tying him for fifth place in the poll with ...
The 2010 U.S. Senate campaign was Johnson's first run for elected office. According to The New York Times , Johnson said he "did kind of spring out of the Tea Party" and is glad to be associated with it, [ 10 ] although he did not join the Senate Tea Party Caucus following his election. [ 11 ]