Mayer passing on U.S. Senate bid, wants to avoid ‘bloody primary’ with Hovde

Franklin businessman Scott Mayer told WisPolitics he decided against running for the U.S. Senate to avoid a “bloody primary” with Madison businessman Eric Hovde that he feared would damage Republicans’ chances of beating Dem incumbent Tammy Baldwin.
Mayer expressed confidence that he could’ve beaten Hovde in the August primary and Baldwin, D-Madison, in the general election. But he didn’t have the...

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