Race And Crime: Republicans Try To Shore Up Suburban Support

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Democrats see Wisconsin as their best chance to unseat an incumbent Republican senator. But Sen. Ron Johnson has managed to close the gap with Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes by linking him to rising crime in ads aimed at suburban voters.

This episode: political reporter Deepa Shivaram, political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, and WUWM reporter Chuck Quirmbach.

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