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Tammy Baldwin was elected to the U.S. Senate on Nov. 6, 2012. She represented Wisconsin’s Second Congressional District from January 1999 to January 2013. She served as a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from January 1993 to January 1999. She was a Dane County supervisor from 1986 to 1994 and briefly served on the Madison Common Council, filling a vacancy, in 1986.

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Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 7, 2024 in Public appearance:

“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”

By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post:

“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”

By Laura Schulte • February 6, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter:

"Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."

By D.L. Davis • December 16, 2022
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 4, 2022 in TV interview:

"Our Supreme Court has never taken away a constitutional right."

By Madeline Heim • June 3, 2022

Leah Vukmir
stated on October 19, 2018 in a debate:

Says Tammy Baldwin’s "Medicare for All" plan means senior citizens would "no longer have" Medicare.

By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2018
Leah Vukmir
stated on September 23, 2018 in an interview:

Says Tammy Baldwin was the only member of the Wisconsin congressional delegation "to have a report outlining that a doctor was overprescribing opioids" at the Tomah VA, "later a veteran died" and Baldwin "covered it up."

By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2018
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 1, 2018 in a tweet:

Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms."

By Diana Dombrowski • July 20, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
stated on May 30, 2018 in an interview:

The Iran deal "handed billions of dollars of cash on cargo planes, sent it to a state sponsor of terror, and Tammy Baldwin was one of the first U.S. senators to get on board and support that."

By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2018
Leah Vukmir
stated on May 14, 2018 in an interview:

Says Tammy Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel.

By Tom Kertscher • May 18, 2018

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