% >> THE RACE FOR A SEAT IN THE
% U.S. SENATE BETWEEN INCUMBENT
% RON JOHNSON AND CHALLENGER
% MENDELA BARNES MAY DECIDE WHO
% CONTROLS THE CHAMBER.
% WE HAVE THIS REPORT ON THE
% CONTEST BETWEEN THE SENIOR
% CENTER AND THE STATE'S
% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
% >> THE COST OF EVERYTHING IS UP.
% NUMEROUS POLLS SHOW INFLATION IS
% THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN AMONG
% VOTERS.
% >> DO NOT BELIEVE THE LIES.
% >> POLITICAL CANDIDATES
% INCLUDING RON JOHNSON AND
% MENDELA BARNES WANT WIS VIS --
% ISCONSIN VOTERS TO KNOW THEY'RE
% LISTENING.
% >> ACROSS THE STATE PEOPLE ARE
% CONCERNED WITH RISING COSTS.
% >> BARNES IS CURRENTLY SERVING
% AS THE STATE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
% AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS
% FOR ADDRESSING INFLATION.
% SENATOR JOHNSON SAID THE
% GOVERNMENT IS HIGH GOVERNMENT
% SPENDING.%>> STOP SPENDING S
O MUCH MONEY.
% INFLATION IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND
% OF UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES IT.
% IT'S MASSIVE DEBT AND SPENDING
% AND WE HAVE TOO MANY DOLLARS
% CHASING TOO FEW GOODS.
% >> TARGETED TAX CHANGES ARE
% NEEDED.
% >> WE NEED A MIDDLE-CLASS TAX
% CUT AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THE
% WEALTH AMONG US PAY THEIR FAIR
% SHARE.%THAT'S HOW WE GET TO A
PLACE
% WHERE FAMILIES CAN HAVE ECONOMIC
% SECURITY.%>> ELEANOR POWELL
SAID THE PAIN
% MIGHT MOTIVATE THOSE WHO DON'T
% NORMALLY VOTE.
% >> BETWEEN THE PANDEMIC, ECONOMY
% AND INFLATION, A LOT PEOPLE ARE
% HURTING AND IT CAN BRING OUT
% MORE DISCONTENTED VOTERS.
% >> Reporter: THERE'S ANOTHER
% ISSUE THAT IS HIGHLY MOTIVATING
% IN THE CONTEST BETWEEN BARNES
% AND JOHNSON AND THAT'S ABORTION.
% >> WOMEN AND YOUNGER VOTERS ARE
% UPSET BY THE OVERTURNING OF ROE
% VS. WADE AND POLITICIAN POLITICS
% IN WISCONSIN WE HAD A PRE
% EXISTING BAN ON THE BOOKS.
% THIS MOBILIZED A LOT OF MERENER
% AND IT'S ANGER AND MOBILIZATION.
% >> Reporter: BARNES IS CALLING
% FOR A NEW FEDERAL LAW ALLOWING
% ACCESS TO ABORTION.
% TO ACHIEVE THIS HE WANTS TO END
% THE FILIBUSTER IN THE CENTER.
% FILIBUSTER IS A TACTIC USED TO
% PREVENT A BILL FOR PASSING BY
% STALLING IT WITH PROLONGED
% DEBATE.
% >> WE NEED TO END THE FILIBUSTER
% TO CODIFY IT INTO LAW ONCE AND
% FOR ALL AND WE CAN DO THIS IF WE
% FLIP WISCONSIN AND ADD ONE MORE
% SEAT TO THE 50/50 QUOTE, UNQUOTE
% MAJORITY.%>> Reporter: JOHNS
ON WHO OPPOSES
% ABORTION EXCEPT FOR CASES OF
% RAPE AND IF THE MOTHER'S LAW IS
% AT STAKE, SAID STATES SHOULD USE
% REFERENDUMS.%>> HERE'S THE QU
ESTION, OF THE
% PROFOUND MORAL ISSUE, AT WHAT
% POINT DOES SOCIETY HAVE THE
% RESPONSIBILITY TO SAVE A LIVE
% AND BALANCE THE RIGHTS OF A
% WOMAN VERSUS THE UNBORN CHILD.
% >> Reporter: WISCONSIN LAW DOES
% NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW DIRECT
% REFERENDUMS.
% >> THE SPEAKS WELL TRUMP WING OF
% THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
% LIEUTENANT GOVERN BARNES AND
% REPRESENTS A NEW GENERATION IN
% AMERICAN POLITICS.
% HE'S TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOUNGER
% VOTERS, VOTERS OF COLOR, VOTERS
% WHO OFTEN FEEL THEIR INTERESTS
% AREN'T BEING WELL REPRESENTED IN
% WASHINGTON.
% >> Reporter: BARNES AND JOHNSON
% TOOK VERY DIFFERENT PATHS INTO
% POLITICS.
% MENDELA BARNES WAS BORN AND
% RAISED IN MILWAUKEE AND PROUD OF
% HIS WORKING-CLASS ROOTS.
% >> MOM WAS A TEACHER AND MY DAD
% WORKED A SHIRT.
% >> Reporter: AFTER WORKING IN
% COMMUNITY ORGANIZING HE RAN FOR
% OFFICE SEAT AND AFTER TWO HE RAN
% UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR THE STATE
% SENATE IN 2016 BEFORE WINNING
% ELECTION AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
% WITH TONY EVERS.
% IN HIS RUN FOR U.S. SENATE
% BARNES SAID HIS GOAL IS TO HELP
% MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS.
% >> TIMES ARE GETTING TOUGHER FOR
% PEOPLE.%THINGS ARE MORE DIFF
ICULT.
% IT'S HARDER AND HARDER TO GET
% AHEAD, ACCESS TO MIDDLE CLASS IS
% DENYING MANY PEOPLE.
% >> Reporter: AND RON JOHNSON WHO
% LIVES IN OSHKOSH IS EQUALLY AS
% PROUD OF HIS WORKING-CLASS
% BACKGROUND.
% >> WE SHOVELLED PATHWAYS.
% >> Reporter: AND HE MEET RUSS
% FINEGOLD AND IN THE SENATE,
% JOHNSON SERVED ON HOMELAND
% SECURITY AND BUDGET COMMITTEES.
% YOU SAID YOU WOULD ONLY RUN FOR
% TWO TERMS, JANUARY YOU DECIDED
% YOU'D RUN AGAIN.
% WHAT MADE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND?
% >> OUR NATION'S COMING A PART.
% TRUST ME, IT WAS MY PREFERENCE
% AND MY WIFE'S VERY STRONG
% PREFERENCE TO SERVE OUT THE
% SECOND TERM AND RETURN TO A
% PRIVATE LIFE.
% I THINK I'M IN A POSITION WHERE
% I'VE HAD SUCCESS AS A
% U.S. SENATOR AND HELPED IMPROVE
% THINGS.%>> Reporter: WHILE B
OTH ARE
% TRYING TO STAY ON MESSAGE,
% JOHNSON AND BARNES HAVE PLENTY
% OF CRITICISM FOR EACH OTHER.
% >> HE'S A RADICAL LEFTIST.
% HE'S TRYING TO HIDE THAT FROM
% WISCONSIN ITS.
% >> Reporter: THIS IS ABOUT AN
% OUT OF TOUCH POLITICIAN WHO
% FAILED TO DELIVER FOR WISCONSIN
% AND PUT HIMSELF AHEAD OF ALL OF
% US EVERY CHANCE.
% >> Reporter: THE CANDIDATES
% AREN'T THE ONLY ONES GETTING IN
% THE MUD SLINGING.
% OUTSIDE GROUPS ARE RUNNING THEIR
% OWN ADS.
% >> RON JOHNSON USED HIS OFFICE
% TO SCOOP UP MILLIONS AND MENDELA
% BARNES SUPPORTS --
% >> Reporter: PEOPLE SHOULD BE
% WARY.
% >> POLITICAL ADS ARE AN EXEMPT
% CATEGORY WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAY
% WHAT THEY WANT AND THERE'S NO
% OBLIGATION FOR ANYTHING TO BE
% FACTUAL.%BUYERS AND VIEWERS S
HOULD BE
% AWARE JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON TV
% DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE.
% >> WE KNEW THE OTHER SIDE WOULD
% MAKE UP LIVES ABOUT THE TO SCARE
% YOU.
% YOU'VE SEEN THE ADS ATTACKING
% ME, THEY'RE ALL LIES.
% >> Reporter: STILL BOTH
% CANDIDATES HAVE THEIR
% CONTROVERSIES.%JOHNSON HAS CO
ME UNDER FIRE FOR
% SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT
% COVID-19 AND THE PLAN TO GIVE
% THEN-VICE PRESIDENT A MAKE PENCE
% OF FAKE SLATE OF PRESIDENTIAL
% ELECTE
% EELEC
% EELECTED PEOPLE AND THERE'S TWO
% INDEPENDENT SENATORS.
% GIVEN THE SPLIT, WISCONSIN
% ELECTION IS KEY.
% >> CONTROL OF THE SENATE HINGES
% ON OUR RAZOR THIN MAJORITY.
% WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
% DETERMINE WHO CONTROLS THE
% SENATE.
% WISCONSIN MAY BE THE BALL GAME
% HERE.%IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE
OUTCOME OF
% THE RACE YOU SHOULD SHOW UP ON
% ELECTION DAY.
% WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO