>> 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 GOVERNOR,
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.
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>> THANK YOU!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HELLO, WISCONSIN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: 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, FOLKS, 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]
>> Reporter: 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]
>> Reporter: 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: AND 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]
>> Reporter: BY NOON ON
WEDNESDAY, BARNES WAS READY TO
CONCEDE.
>> NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, 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 POLKA TONIGHT
AND GET BACK TO WORK TOMORROW.
THANK YOU, WISCONSIN, WE LOVE
YOU!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: REPORTING FROM