Seven Republicans are trying to harness a national sense of anger and frustration in bids for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination, with the goal of knocking first-term incumbent Tammy Duckworth out of office two years after she was short-listed for vice president.
Duckworth, a Democrat, is described as a “formidable candidate” even by major Republican fundraiser Ron Gidwitz. But Democrats barely managed to gain control of the Senate in the 2020 elections, so every seat will count as Republicans try to take it back.
