A flood of television advertising by Mr. Johnson, perhaps the Senate’s most vulnerable Republican, has strengthened his position against Mr. Barnes, the lieutenant governor.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes are set to meet Friday night in the first of two planned debates in Wisconsin's high-stakes U.S. Senate race. Johnson is
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and his Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, clashed on crime and Jan. 6 as they tussled during their first debate on Friday.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and his Democratic challenger Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes stuck to their scripts — and their time limits — as they met for a debate Friday evening in a hotly contested race that could determine party control of the U.S. Senate.
Wisconsin Senate candidates Mandela Barnes, a Democrat, and incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson squared off on crime, guns and more in a Friday debate.
Locked in a tight race, the two candidates clashed over how best to address rising crime in the state, while painting the other as having an extreme position on abortion.
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