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He and McCain cosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (McCain–Feingold Act), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act of 2001. Feingold was mentioned as a possible candidate in the 2008 presidential election, but in November 2006 announced he would not run. [4]
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]
Feingold's first television ad was a positive ad released in March. In July 2010, Feingold's second 2010 television election ad attacked Johnson for alleged support for offshore drilling in the Great Lakes. Johnson quickly countered Feingold with a television ad of his own. [18] Feingold's logo was Moving Forward.
Ron Johnson is Wisconsin’s senior U.S. senator. He’s held his seat since 2011 and won a third six-year term to the U.S. Senate after narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Lieutenant Gov ...
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.
The principal campaign committee for Biden entered April with $88.5 million in its war chest, federal election records show, while Trump’s main campaign account had $45.1 million.
Incumbent Senator Russ Feingold won re-election to a third term. As of 2024 [update] , this is the last time Democrats won the Class 3 Senate seat from Wisconsin. Russ Feingold defeated Tim Michels in a landslide despite John Kerry narrowly winning Wisconsin over Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush in the concurrent presidential ...
President Trump fired Federal Election Commission Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub on Thursday in a move that the Democratic official claims is illegal.. Weintraub, who has served as an FEC commissioner ...