Wisconsin GOP candidate challenges Democratic rival in cold plunge: ‘Let’s really see who’s from Wisconsin’

Published March 1, 2024 4:20pm ET



Eric Hovde, the Republican businessman running for U.S. Senate, challenged his rival, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), with a cold plunge in the Wisconsin lake in an effort to put the carpetbagger accusations to bed. 

The multimillionaire posted a video to X on Thursday showing him shirtless as he plunged through a thick layer of ice reportedly outside his home on Lake Mendota. 

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