Source: Eric Hovde Senate Campaign
Hovde to announce run for U.S. Senate next week
Hovde also ran for Senate in 2012, where he lost in the Republican primary to former governor Tommy Thompson.
Feb 15, 2024, 11:59 AM CST
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MADISON, Wis. (Civic Media) – Eric Hovde, a former Republican Senate candidate, will announce a run for the U.S. Senate next week, according to his campaign.
Hovde ran and lost in a Republican primary in 2012 to former governor Tommy Thompson. Thompson then lost to Democrat Tammy Baldwin in the 2012 General Election, giving Baldwin her first term in the Senate.
Hovde, a real estate company owner and bank CEO, is the first Republican to announce a run. Congressmen Tom Tiffany and Mike Gallagher had previously announced they wouldn’t be running.
Other prominent Republican candidates could include Scott Mayer, a business owner in Franklin, and David Clarke, the former sheriff of Milwaukee County. So far, four Republicans have announced that they are running,: Kyle Corrigan, Stacey Klein, Rejani Raveendran, and Patrick Schaefer-Wicke. A trio of third-party candidates have also declared for the race.
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin said in a statement that Hovde’s upcoming candidacy will be part of a “messy GOP primary.”
“As California bank owner Eric Hovde tries to navigate an impending messy GOP primary, we look forward to drawing a contrast between his California life and Tammy Baldwin’s work for Wisconsin,” the party said in a statement.
Baldwin, who is wrapping up her second term as Senator, defeated Leah Vukmir by 11 points in the 2018 election and Thompson by 5.5 points in 2012.
Jimmie is Civic Media’s Sports Director who also works in digital content, sports, news, and talk programming. Email him at jimmie.kaska@civicmedia.us.
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