THE FINAL PUSH IN THIS INCREDIBLY KEY RACE. REPUBLICAN SENATOR RON JOHNSON ENDING HIS 10-DAY BUS TOUR TONIGHT. IN WAUKESHA THIS AFTERNOON CAMPAIGNING ALONGSIDE FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. AND SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY. >> SO, I’M GOING TO ASK YOU, ARE WE GOING TO BE OK IN WISCONSIN? >> YEAH. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A PIVOTAL RACE WITH NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS AND CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE TONIGHT ON THE LINE. >> THIS IS A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, IT’S NOT SOMEBODY ELSE’S FIGHT. THIS IS OUR FIGHT AND IS A FIGHT WE ABSOLUTELY MUST WIN. >> GIVE IT UP FOR MANDELA BARNES. >> DEMOCRAT MANDELA BARNES TONIGHT WRAPPING UP NEAR MADISON TODAY MEETING WITH VOLUNTEERS IN GLENDALE. >> LET’S DO IT. I APPRECIATE YOU. >> TONIGHT POLLING AND NATIONAL FORECASTS PREDICTING JOHNSON WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING RE-ELECTION. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP TOMORROW WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU NEED TO DO TO WIN AND DO YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ARE UNDER IN THE POLLS AND COMING FROM BEHIND? >> WELL WE HAVE TO GET THE MOST VOTES. THAT MEANS SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE. SERIOUSLY WE HAVE TO BE EVERYWHERE. TOYA: MATT, YOU’LL BE WITH US HERE TOMORROW NIGHT. WHAT KEY AREAS WILL THE CAMPAIGNS BE WATCHING? MATT: FIRST, TURNOUT IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY. CAN MANDELA BARNES SECURE THE MARGINS HE NEEDS? AND THEN THE WOW COUNTIES WAUKESHA, OZAUKEE AND WASHINGTON. WHAT WILL THOSE MARGINS LOOK LIKE FOR REPUBLICANS? TWO CRITICAL KEY AREAS WE WILL BE
Final day of campaigning in Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race
Sen. Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes crisscrossed the state on election eve.
Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate candidates crisscrossed the state on the final full day of campaigning before Tuesday’s midterm election.Republican Sen. Ron Johnson held rallies in Stevens Point, Janesville, Waukesha, Milwaukee and Oshkosh.Democrat Mandela Barnes held events in Glendale, Green Bay, Madison and Waunakee. Johnson was joined by former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Janesville and Waukesha.”This is a fight for freedom,” Johnson said. “It’s not somebody else’s fight. This is our fight, and this is a fight we absolutely must win.”Barnes met with volunteers in Glendale who were preparing to canvass in a final get-out-the-vote effort. “I have gone into every election I’ve ever been as the underdog, so this is no different,” Barnes said. “Like I said we’re leaving nothing on the table, not taking a single thing for granted.”FiveThirtyEight’s forecast predicts Johnson is “favored to win.” And on average, according to Real Clear Politics, Johnson has a 3.3% lead in the average of polls.
Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate candidates crisscrossed the state on the final full day of campaigning before Tuesday’s midterm election.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson held rallies in Stevens Point, Janesville, Waukesha, Milwaukee and Oshkosh.
Democrat Mandela Barnes held events in Glendale, Green Bay, Madison and Waunakee.
Johnson was joined by former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Janesville and Waukesha.
“This is a fight for freedom,” Johnson said. “It’s not somebody else’s fight. This is our fight, and this is a fight we absolutely must win.”
Barnes met with volunteers in Glendale who were preparing to canvass in a final get-out-the-vote effort.
“I have gone into every election I’ve ever been as the underdog, so this is no different,” Barnes said. “Like I said we’re leaving nothing on the table, not taking a single thing for granted.”
FiveThirtyEight’s forecast predicts Johnson is “favored to win.” And on average, according to Real Clear Politics, Johnson has a 3.3% lead in the average of polls.
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