Jessica Taylor: A look from the RNC at the Senate race in Wisconsin

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In live coverage from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Jessica Taylor discusses Wisconsin’s electoral prospects and looks at one of the most exciting Senate races of the cycle.

Transcript:

I’m Jessica Taylor. I’m the Senate and gubernatorial editor here at the Cock Political Report, and our team was in Milwaukee this week for the 2024 Republican National Convention. And of course, Wisconsin is one of the key swing states for the presidential race on the map. We’ve got it tied right now, and it’s really one of the blue wall states that we think is the only way right now for Joe Biden to get even a narrow electoral victory over former President Trump. But it’s also a really key Senate swing state. And so I’ve been talking to people here about the Senate race.

Matthew Klein and I went to an event on Tuesday morning to meet Senator Tammy