even more pumped and I'm ready to get things done because we're
obviously not going back. So I'm ready.
>> Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin had a
speaking spot at the DNC on its final night. She's running for
reelection against Republican political reporter Zach Schultz
caught up with Senator Baldwin last week.
>> Give me a sense of how much the race has changed in the last
five weeks since Kamala Harris has been promoted to the top of
the ticket. new beginning for the party and
a new beginning for our nation. And you feel that energy? I felt
it when I was able to join Vice President Harris in West Allis,
Wisconsin, in her first public appearance after becoming the
presumptive nominee. And I saw that in Eau Claire when she
introduced her running mate to the swing states on her second
stop. And I can just tell from all the Wisconsinites that I'm
talking to, and this isn't necessarily in partisan, but
just that people feel a new energy. And so that's very, very
exciting. schedule during a week like this
when your party's in Chicago, but you're choosing to travel
around Wisconsin for the first part of the week?
>> Absolutely. Well, I'm engaged in what we're calling the In
Your Corner tour and going to every corner of the state really
wanted to take the energy that we were watching at the
convention, but bring it to the grassroots of the state. And as
you know, when I travel, I don't just go to blue counties. I'm
going to red counties, deep red counties. I'm going to rural
areas, suburban areas, urban areas. But really to meet people
where they are and bring the energy that we're all feeling to
our communities across the state.
the Walls and Harris ticket in combined with your campaign and
new legislative districts for the Assembly and some of the
state Senate, will mean when it comes to Democratic turnout up
and down the ballot. >> Yeah.
new maps. I am so delighted that we now have fair maps, because
I've seen the consequences of gerrymandered, especially deeply
large parts of Wisconsin there hasn't been a competitive race
for state assembly or state Senate in years. And what that
means is that there's not a Democrat doing the doors, and
that's how you win local races. You actually knock on doors, you
have the face to face conversations. You ask people
what they're concerned about. platform is. And so there's a
lot of voters who may have chosen in past elections to stay
home because they see only one choice on the ballot for state
Senate and for state Assembly. That's changed this year. So
there's a part of the energy in Wisconsin that's bubbling up as
well as of course, this energy that you're seeing, bubble down.
And I just think that that's a And I just think that that's a