Posted on 07/11/2022 10:20:42 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Ron Johnson has gone from tea party insurgent to a top Trump cheerleader in 2022, and Wisconsin voters will decide this year whether they are on board with his political evolution.
Mr. Johnson, a businessman who won his seat in the 2010 GOP wave election, is one of the Democrats’ top targets this year.
They hope voters have tired of Mr. Johnson and his refusal to embrace Washington norms, his outspoken complaints about crumbling borders, his support for overturning Roe v. Wade and his allegiance to former President Donald Trump.
And yet, it was Mr. Johnson’s maverick streak that helped him oust three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Russell D. Feingold in 2010, and defeat him in a rematch in 2016.
“Sen. Johnson has shown he has a very independent nature,” said Mark Graul, a Wisconsin-based GOP strategist. “He doesn’t mind ruffling feathers of his own party. I think that has certainly been true since Day One.”
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Absolutely correct, one of the best......
I like Ron Johnson!!!
I live in Wisconsin. I have met Ron Johnson. He is a great Senator. And I hope he keeps running. His values are good.
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