What Went Down In Elections In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont And Connecticut

With 37 percent of the expected vote now reporting, Leora Levy has maintained the same lead in the race for Connecticut’s U.S. Senate seat: 51 percent. We’re still waiting on votes to come in from parts of the greater Hartford area and Greenwich (the latter is Levy’s hometown).

I was going to mention that too, Nathaniel. According to Trump, Kleefisch and Michels present a clear case of an insider (Kleefisch) versus an outsider (Michels). As I wrote earlier tonight, at a rally for Michels just last week, Trump said Kleefisch is “the handpicked candidate of the failed establishment, the RINOs and the Washington swamp.” “Outsiders” tend to do better among Republicans, but as Nate wrote for the site, nominating inexperienced candidates could backfire.

Well, Sarah, Kleefisch is a former lieutenant governor and is deeply enmeshed in the Wisconsin GOP establishment, while Michels — who has never held office before — is more of an outsider. But interestingly, Kleefisch is actually the one with more dangerous views on democratic norms. She has called the 2020 election in Wisconsin “rigged,” while Michels has carefully avoided answering the question directly (though he has said he believes some fraud did take place). That’s not what you would expect, given that Trump snubbed Kleefisch in order to endorse Michels.