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Johnson defeated three-term Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the Tea Party fueled GOP wave election of 2010, and then edged Feingold again in a 2016 rematch.
Johnson stirred controversy in 2021 by questioning COVID-19 vaccines, seemingly downplaying the effects of climate change, and asserting that he never felt threatened by the rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 of last year as they attempted to disrupt congressional certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory over then-President Donald Trump. He praised those who attacked the Capitol as people who “love this country.”
A dozen Democratic candidates – including Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes – are seeking their party’s Senate nomination.
While the Senate race in Wisconsin’s considered a toss-up, the contest in solidly red South Dakota is considered safe for the Republicans.
Thune, a three-term senator who as minority whip is the number two ranking Republican in the chamber, told reporters on Capitol Hill that he would make a decision by the end of 2021.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 12, 2021. – (Photo by Susan Walsh / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SUSAN WALSH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thune, who remains very popular in South Dakota., raised eyebrows early last month when he told a reporter in his home state that his wife Kimberley wants him to return home.
“She is done with it,” Thune said in an interview with the Black Hills Pioneer.
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Thune earned Trump’s ire a year ago, for publicly speaking out against the then-president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden.
Trump briefly urged South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a close ally of the former president, to launch a primary challenge against Thune. But Noem dismissed any bid for Senate and is running next year for reelection as governor.
