MAGA, but Electable: Republicans Bank on the Daines–Trump Alliance to Restore Senate Majority

Eric Hovde, the brand new, wealthy GOP Senate recruit hoping to take on two-term Democratic senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin in November, was all smiles as he strolled the halls of the Capitol Tuesday afternoon. En route to the office of Senate GOP Whip John Thune, Hovde was flanked by the man who encouraged him to run: National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Steve Daines of Montana.

“I’m getting ready to go meet Senator Thune right now,” an enthusiastic Hovde told National Review in a brief interview Tuesday on his way to the elevator.

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Eric Hovde, the brand new, wealthy GOP Senate recruit hoping to take on two-term Democratic senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin in November, was all smiles as he strolled the halls of the Capitol Tuesday afternoon. En route to the office of Senate GOP Whip John Thune, Hovde was flanked by the man who encouraged him to run: National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman Steve Daines of Montana.

“I’m getting ready to go meet Senator Thune right now,” an enthusiastic Hovde told National Review in a brief interview Tuesday on his way to the elevator.