Posted on 07/22/2021 3:33:20 PM PDT by RandFan
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he may not be the best candidate for the 2022 midterms, ahead of what is expected to be a competitive Senate race in the Badger State.
"I want to make sure that this U.S. Senate seat is retained in Republican hands," Johnson told conservative talk show host Lisa Boothe on Wednesday.
"You see what the media’s doing to me. I may not be the best candidate. I wouldn’t run if I don’t think I could win if I don’t think I was the best person to be able to win," he continued.
Johnson went on to describe Washington as "incredibly frustrating," citing what he was "dysfunction" within the political scene. The senator also revealed that he did not think his time on Capitol Hill has been "particularly successful," pointing to issues that he campaigned on tackling, including rising debt and abolishing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
The senator has yet to formally announce whether he is running or not. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, and Marine veteran and former Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson have been floated as potential GOP Senate candidates in the case that Johnson does not run.
Meanwhile, the race is heating up on the Democratic side of the race. Milwaukee Alderwoman Chantia Lewis (D) became the latest Democrat to enter the primary on Wednesday, joining Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D), state Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry and Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson.
Wisconsin's Senate seat could prove to be one of the most consequential of the 2022 midterms, given that Democrats and Republicans hold a 50-50 tie in the Senate with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as a tie-breaking vote.
The Cook Political Report rates the race as a "toss-up."
He’s gonna bail.
I’m sorry but the people in WI are ungrateful because Ron Johnson is one of the best, most outspoken senators.
I guess they just want a boring party hack that the media approves of?
Oh well...
He is one of the few decent GOP Senators.
Hope he runs.
Doesn’t look good.
“”You see what the media’s doing to me. I may not be the best candidate.”
Well, Senator, it sounds like they are successfully gas-lighting you, not that they can’t just cheat you out of it anyway. He would be a tough loss. I doubt we can do a lot better from that state, and I’m certain that we could do worse.
Its because he just got a copy of the 2022 midterm election results from Dominion Systems ...
Mountains will be made of molehills.
They will simply make stuff up.
Consider Judge Moore in Alabama.
They ditched governor Scott Walker who saved the state. They are terrible at picking leadership. Hopefully he stays in. If not, maybe he can move to Arizona and take a seat back.
Well he needs to make up his mind soon in order for another candidate to raise enough money if need be...and they will need a lot of money and a lot of time to do that.
Moore created his own problems outside of the allegations with his antics and just assuming he would win like the seat already belonged to him, complete with going out of state to a ball game instead of campaigning the last weekend before the election.
I thought he already said he wasn’t running for reelection.
Ugh. The seat needs to be retained by somebody like Johnson, not just a Republican.
Not successful unless you compare him with everyone else the guy is a saint and a giant
Not successful unless you compare him with everyone else the guy is a saint and a giant
Not successful unless you compare him with everyone else the guy is a saint and a giant
It was that way during his first term and during his second term.
Getting threatened or paid to take a dive?
He said when he was first elected that he would serve only two terms. Surely there are other solid conservative candidates who can keep the seat should he step aside? But if he's going to do it, do it soon.
I thought at first that Ron was a little weak.
Boy, was I WRONG.
Johnson is a great senator. I would hate to see him go.
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