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Russ Feingold was a candidate for Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat in 2016. He previously served in the Senate from 1993 to 2011. Feingold was defeated for re-election by Ron Johnson (R) in 2010.
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Feingold lost to Johnson for the U.S. Senate seat from Wisconsin in 2016.[1]
Elections
2016
- See also: United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2016
The race for Wisconsin's U.S.
Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that helped Republicans maintain control of the Senate. Incumbent Ron Johnson (R) defeated former Senator Russ Feingold (D) and Phil Anderson (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016.[2][3][4]
In a rematch of the 2010 election, Johnson defeated Feingold for a second time to retain his Senate seat.
Johnson trailed in the polls for most of the election.[5][6] In the final weeks of the election, Johnson received funding from national Republicans. Johnson said, "I wish I w