MADISON, Wis. — Republican businessman Eric Hovde easily won Wisconsin’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate and will face the two-term Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin in November. Baldwin was unopposed in the primary. Hovde won 437,000 votes for 86% in a three-way contest. Hovde had been endorsed by ex-President Donald Trump. The race is critical for control of the U.S. Senate. The Democratic and Republican national parties are expected to channel major resources into the upcoming campaigns. Baldwin has begun her attacks on Hovde as a carpet-begging millionaire California banker. Hovde has called Baldwin too liberal for Wisconsin. For Hovde it’s a second time around. He ran for the Senate in 2012 but lost in the primary.
