Baldwin searches for right path to keep key Senate seat
Why, state Sen.
Without a hint of irritation at the ambush, Baldwin quickly flipped the question, pointing out middle-class relief would be temporary and blaming the tax changes for a northeastern
"Their company has rewarded them by saying they are going to close that plant," she said.
The episode was an example of the Democrat's reputation as a soft-spoken but tough political pro — a persona she's banking on to help her win a second term in a race seen as key for control of the
Derided by conservatives as the embodiment of the oft-ridiculed "
But she's also squarely on board with signature Democratic issues such as stronger gun control, universal health care and continuing a program that allowed children of immigrants here illegally to remain.
For Baldwin to win, she'll need people like
Brockway got to know Baldwin several years ago as he met with her in
"She's down-to-earth people," Brockway said of Baldwin. "She don't act like she's a senator, she acts like a normal person, comes in and talks to everybody, listens to everybody's problem, tries to solve their problem."
"That's the dichotomy she's got to deal with," said
Baldwin, 56, is the
She was born in
She doesn't talk much about that on the campaign trail. But she does like to tell the story of how her grandparents, who raised her, could not buy health insurance for her because of a condition similar to spinal meningitis. Baldwin got better, but she invokes her personal experience often when explaining her support for the Affordable Care Act and universal health care.
Initially criticized as slow to respond to a whistleblower complaint over opioid prescriptions at a home for military veterans in
Money is already flowing against Baldwin. The Koch brothers and other conservative groups have spent more than twice as much against her than against all other Democratic
EMILY's List, the group that backs Democratic women who support abortion rights, is ready to push back. President
Baldwin has stockpiled money —
Baldwin's approval rating sat at just 37 percent in a
But
"Tammy has had a very successful career in getting elected to things that she wasn't supposed to get elected to," said
Brockway, the retired truck driver, said he tells other Trump supporters to give Baldwin a chance.
"I just tell them to listen to her when she's speaking. She tells it from the heart," Brockway said. "She does what's right for people. ... Some of these people in
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