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Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

‘Wisconsin’s struggling through a reckoning:’ Voters split ticket between Trump and Baldwin

side by side of a woman and a man
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin and President-elect Donald Trump.
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Wisconsin delivered 10 electoral college votes to Donald Trump. That pushed him over the 270 mark and led the Associated Press to call the race for the former President.

While Trump carried Wisconsin, Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin won her competitive Senate race in that state.

Baldwin will get a third term in the senate after beating Republican challenger Eric Hovde by just a percentage point, about 29,000 votes. In the presidential race, Trump beat Harris by the same margin. There’s something interesting happening in Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire political science professor Adam Kunz joined Minnesota Now to explain.

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We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here.