National figures arrive in Fort in support of Tammy Baldwin
Fort Atkinson Online, October 7, 2024

With 31 days before the November election, several national figures from within the Democratic Party arrived in Fort Atkinson Saturday afternoon to share a microphone with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, and kickoff a Jefferson County canvassing event.

While she was there, the incumbent senator asked some 75 people assembled under a tent at the Fort Atkinson office of the Jefferson County Democratic Party for their vote. She is racing against Republican candidate Eric Hovde to retain her senate seat.

Seated behind her, and delivering speeches of their own about Baldwin’s record, the party, and its goals, were U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, of Colorado, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, and Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Ben Wikler.

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Photos by Lori Compas