% >> Frederica: TUESDAY'S
% MIDTERM ELECTION MAINTAINED
% WISCONSIN'S BRAND OF A DIVIDED
% STATEWIDE ELECTORATE.
% REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATOR, RON
% JOHNSON, WON RE-ELECTION WITH A
% NARROW VICTORY OVER HIS
% OPPONENT.%IN THE RACE FOR GO
VERNOR,
% DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT, TONY
% EVERS, WON 51% TO 47% OVER THE
% REPUBLICAN, TIM MICHAELS.
% FOR ATTORNEY GOVERNOR, CALL
% DEFEATS ERIC TONY, AND IN THE
% ELECTION FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
% DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT HOLDS A .3%
% MARGIN OVER HIS REPUBLICAN
% CHALLENGER, AMY.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER, ZAC
% SCHULTZ HAS BROUGHT US COVERAGE
% THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION SEASON
% AND WAS ON HAND AS THE RESULTS
% CAME IN.
% [CHANTING]%>> THANK YOU!
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
% HELLO, WISCONSIN!
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]%>> Rep
orter: IT WAS A LONG
% WAIT, BUT WHEN GOVERNOR TONY
% EVERS TOOK TO THE STAGE JUST
% BEFORE 1:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY
% MORNING, HE DECLARED VICTORY
% WITH ONE OF HIS FAVORITE
% SAYINGS.%>> HOLY MACKEREL, FO
LKS, HOW
% ABOUT THAT?
% >> Reporter: HE RELIES ON HIS
% STYLE.%>> THAT'S WHO I AM AND
ALWAYS
% BEEN.
% SOME CALL IT BORING, BUT
% WISCONSIN, AS IT TURNS OUT,
% BORING WINS.
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]%>> Rep
orter: GIVING CREDIT TO
% SUPERCHARGED TURNOUT AMONG YOUNG
% VOTERS, ESPECIALLY COLLEGE
% STUDENTS, AND DEMOCRATS WHO WERE
% MOTIVATED BY THE ISSUE OF
% ABORTION RIGHTS.
% >> SHOWED UP FOR EACH OTHER, YOU
% SHOWED UP FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE
% RIGHTS AND FREEDOM FOR YOU.
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
% THE FREEDOM FOR YOU AND YOUR
% NEIGHBORS TO MAKE THEIR OWN
% HEALTHCARE DECISIONS WITHOUT
% HAVING TO ASK ME OR ANY OTHER
% ELECTED OFFICIAL.
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]%>> Rep
orter: ACROSS THE STATE
% IN MILWAUKEE, EVERS' FORMER
% LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, BARNES, WAS
% NOT ABLE TO CELEBRATE IN THE
% U.S. SENATE RACE.
% HE CONSISTENTLY UNDERPERFORMED
% EVERS' MARGINS BY ABOUT 2%, AND
% HIS SUPPORTERS WERE SENT OFF
% WITH BARNES TRAILING INCUMBENT
% REPUBLICAN RON JOHNSON.
% >> OUR ELECTIONS HAVE RAZOR THIN
% MARGINS, AND THIS U.S. SENATE
% RACE IS NO DIFFERENT.
% THIS RACE IS FAR TOO CLOSE TO
% CALL TONIGHT.%>> Reporter: A
ND JOHNSON SENT
% SUPPORTERS HOME WITH MORE
% OPTIMISM.%>> WE LOOKED VERY
CLOSELY AT THE
% NUMBERS.
% WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT
% THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN
% REALLY MAKE UP THAT GAP, BUT,
% YOU KNOW, I'M NOT -- I'M NOT
% GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DECLARE
% VICTORY UNTIL ALL THE NUMBERS
% ARE IN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO
% GIVE YOU GUYS THE SENSE THAT
% THIS RACE IS OVER, YOU KNOW.
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]%>> Rep
orter: BY NOON ON
% WEDNESDAY, BARNES WAS READY TO
% CONCEDE.%>> NOW, UNFORTUNATEL
Y, WE DIDN'T
% GET TO THE FINISH LINE THIS
% TIME, BUT THE MOVE MEANT SO MUCH
% TO ALL OF US WHERE JUST BECAUSE
% WE DIDN'T CROSS THE FINISH LINE,
% IT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S OVER.
% >> Reporter: BETWEEN THE
% GUBERNATORIAL AND SENATE RACE,
% CANDIDATES IN GROUPS SPENT MORE
% THAN $3 00 MILLION, AND VOTERS
% WERE FLOODED WITH NONSTOP
% NEGATIVE ADS.
% JOHNSON WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT
% HIS RACE, BUT HIS COMMENTS ON
% ELECTION NIGHT SEEMED TO SUM UP
% THE CURRENT POLITICAL
% ENVIRONMENT.%>> IT'S A LITTLE
DEPRESSING,
% ISN'T IT?
% THAT LIES ARE THAT EFFECTIVE,
% AND IF YOU EVER WONDER, QUITE
% HONESTLY, WHY MORE GOOD PEOPLE
% DON'T RUN FOR OFFICE, I WOULD
% JUST RECOMMEND PEOPLE LOOK AT
% THE WISCONSIN U.S. SENATE RACE
% IN YEAR 2022.
% >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, BACK
% IN MADISON, THE SELF-DESCRIBED
% BORING TONY EVERS WAS READY TO
% DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY TO
% CELEBRATE FOUR MORE YEARS IN
% OFFICE.%>> WE'RE GOING TO PO
LKA TONIGHT
% AND GET BACK TO WORK TOMORROW.
% THANK YOU, WISCONSIN, WE LOVE
% YOU!
% [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]%>> Rep
orter: REPORTING FROM