GOP aims at Tammy Baldwin of Wis. in ‘18 Senate race
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/27/gop-targets-tammy-baldwin/95873022/
MILWAUKEE — Emboldened by last month’s triumphs in Wisconsin, Republicans are sizing up their next big target: Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2018.
The race against the Democrat is expected to be among the fiercest in the next election cycle. Senate Democrats have to defend 23 seats nationally.
Republicans are eager to turn Wisconsin a bright shade of red on the national stage, building on the momentum of 2016 wins by President-elect Donald Trump and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau, Wis., told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he is considering a run.
In the race, she’ll try to tap into so-called Baldwin-Trump voters. In 2012, Baldwin won 13 counties that Trump won in 2016; Wisconsin has 72 counties.