In 2022, Connecticut man Tim Michels was the Republican nominee for Wisconsin. He lost by almost 5 points.
To build on that "success," Wisconsin Republcans decided to outsource another race. This time, they are running Eric Hovde in the 2024 race for US Senate against Senator Tammy Baldwin:
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Steve Daines told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wednesday that the wealthy Madison banking mogul will enter the race in the near future with the backing of the Senate GOP’s top campaign arm.
“Eric Hovde is gonna get in that race,” Daines, a Montana Republican, said during a brief interview outside the Senate’s subway system. “We’re behind him.”
It's actually kind of fitting that a guy from Montana is making the announcement, since the actual candidate himself is living large in Laguna Beach, California.
Records show the Republican banker paid nearly $7 million in 2018 to buy a luxurious hillside estate in Laguna Beach, California, with an unimpeded view of the shimmering Pacific Ocean. The California residence cost more than three times what Hovde paid for his Madison house on Lake Mendota, though it is nearly half the size.
