Take Action Wisconsin

Senate (Barnes), WI-03 (Pfaff)

Mandela Barnes emerged the victor in the Wisconsin Democratic primary. with almost 80% of the vote. In the midterms, Barnes is running against the Senate's lead conspiracy-pusher Ron Johnson. Pundits consider Barnes as one of the best chances Democrats have to flip a Senate seat. Barnes is the first African American to serve as a lieutenant governor in Wisconsin and the second African American to hold a statewide office. He stands for reproductive justice, voting rights, accountability in government, and a tax cut for the middle class. Barnes has picked up a score of endorsements from across Wisconsin and beyond. In WI-03, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D, is retiring, leaving open one of the country’s most competitive swing seats. Wisconsin State Senator Brad Pfaff, former Wisconsin secretary-designee of agriculture, trade, and consumer protection, won the state's Democratic primary. He will face Republican Derrick Van Orden, whose campaign website continues to rant about schools being closed in the pandemic. Van Orden narrowly lost to Kind in 2020, which has the GOP itching for a flip. Wisconsin is a tough battleground. Both of the two most recent presidential elections were decided by less than 1 percentage point. Biden defeated Trump by 0.7 points, and Trump defeated Clinton by 0.7 points.