Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin has defeated Republican Eric Hovde, capping off an unexpectedly tight race between the incumbent lawmaker and the businessman.
The Associated Press called the race at 1:42 p.m. ET on Nov. 6.
Republicans have won control of the Senate, though the size of the majority is still undetermined.
At publication time, Republicans had 52 seats to the Democrats’ 44.
Baldwin was first elected in 2012, defeating former Gov. Tommy Thompson, a Republican.
She beat Republican Leah Vukmir in 2018, two years after then-presidential candidate Donald Trump won the state in 2016 and two years before he lost it in 2020 to then-candidate Joe Biden….