Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., is one of ten Democratic senators up for re-election in states President Trump won last November, a scenario that puts the party at risk of losing even more seats in the upper chamber come 2018 — and Rep. Sean Duffy thinks she’s in serious trouble.
“I think Tammy, with the right candidate, will lose,” he told the Washington Examiner on Thursday. Duffy, a fourth-term Republican who represents a district in the northern part of the state, believes Baldwin’s inaction on healthcare could be what dooms her candidacy.
“Here, you have a senator who in the House voted for Obamacare, wants to bring us to a single-payer system,” he said. “She sits back as our prices have gone up. Our families are paying almost a 100 percent more in premiums, and she has done nothing; she hasn’t lifted one finger to help fix this problem.”
“I think that’s a noose around her neck politically,” Duffy added.
The reality-star-turned-representative, who passed on an opportunity to run against Baldwin for the seat earlier this year, revealed he doesn’t have a preferred candidate in the race yet. Businessman and Marine veteran Kevin Nicholson became the first Republican to formally announce his candidacy on Wednesday.
A loss from Baldwin would leave the increasingly purple state with two Republican senators.
Emily Jashinsky is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.
