Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., efficiently received re-election in Wisconsin all whereas President-elect Donald Trump concurrently flipped the state again to crimson within the presidential election.Â
As to how she did it, the Democrat attributes a lot of her win to her “72-county technique.” Baldwin made certain throughout her marketing campaign to traverse the whole state, venturing removed from the 2 massive blue enclaves of Milwaukee and Dane counties.Â
“I believe exhibiting up issues, listening issues,” she mentioned in an interview with Fox Information Digital. “And so I’m going, and I actually hear and get to know the challenges and aspirations of individuals everywhere in the state, rural areas, suburban areas, city areas.”
Baldwin received by a couple of tens of hundreds of votes within the state, clinching victory by roughly the identical margin as Trump.Â
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Sen. Baldwin was re-elected in Wisconsin because the state additionally elected Donald Trump. (Reuters/File)
In response to her marketing campaign, she did greater than 250 occasions in Wisconsin in 2024 alone. She additionally hosted a number of focused excursions throughout her marketing campaign, together with her Dairyland Tour and her Rural Leaders for Tammy Tour.
Additional, Baldwin’s marketing campaign microtargeted rural communities to ship content material relating to her agricultural work.Â
However her rigorous journey is just not the one factor that sealed the deal for her. The senator acknowledged that folks can go all over the place, however in addition they must successfully interact voters in every place they journey to.Â
One factor she famous is that she’s “had years to earn the belief of Wisconsin voters,” referencing the quick few months that the marketing campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris needed to prove voters for her within the state.Â
Baldwin additionally mentioned she convenes roundtables and boards on related points whereas she travels in Wisconsin.
“So I’ve achieved that on, say, the fentanyl and opioid epidemic, bringing collectively first responders, public well being officers, involved group members to speak about what does the epidemic appear like on this group, on this space of the state? What assets do you want? What are your greatest worries?”
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A lady wears a Cheesehead hat with the American flag in Wisconsin. (Reuters/File)
She additionally held occasions geared towards agricultural points, she famous.Â
Baldwin notably credit, partially, her work on agricultural points along with her re-election win. In early October, Baldwin earned the endorsement of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation Board of Administrators, which was a major achievement for a Democrat in a statewide election.Â
“They cited various totally different measures that I both championed or truly acquired into legislation,” she mentioned.Â
The senator pointed to her Dairy Enterprise Innovation Act, which gives small grants to numerous dairy producers and processors.Â
“I went this previous spring to a selected farm that had obtained one in all these grants, they usually had additionally invited a number of different farmers and processors who had obtained grants to point out me what they have been in a position to do with these grants with a purpose to develop their enterprise and enhance their backside line,” she mentioned.
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Dairy is a big agricultural trade in Wisconsin. (AP Picture/Charlie Litchfield/File)
The Wisconsin Democrat additionally pointed to the big manufacturing sector in her state and attributed her push for “purchase America” guidelines in items of laws as serving to her win a few of these voters.Â
On whether or not her marketing campaign is a mannequin for different Democrats, particularly these in swing states, she mentioned, “I believe it’s one thing that will be useful to many public officers.”
Baldwin added that she realized the necessity to journey Wisconsin to this extent throughout her first Senate marketing campaign: “I had been within the Home of Representatives representing, as you realize, seven counties in [the] south-central a part of the state. I needed to be taught Wisconsin as I used to be operating.”
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Baldwin touted her 72-country technique. (Reuters/File)
“And so touring to try this studying was extraordinarily essential, being uncovered to, you realize, the timber trade and the north woods. We did not have a giant timber trade within the south-central a part of the state.”
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The Midwestern senator additionally mentioned this was the primary time she heard from Wisconsinites that elected officers hadn’t been spending a lot time in sure components of the state.
“One factor I’ll say that I hear from constituents once I present up is rather like, ‘I do not keep in mind the final time we had a U.S. senator go to our group, and particularly not a Democrat,'” she mentioned.
“It is like, you realize, the timber trade people saying, ‘I do not suppose we have ever had a senator pay a lot consideration to us,'” she added.
