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Who will win the next Senate Democratic Leader election?
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DEC 31, 2028
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Overview
Current roleU.S. Senator
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age64 years old (Feb 11, 1962)
GenderFemale
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LocationWisconsin
BackgroundPolitician
EducationSmith College (B.A.)
Notable personal detailsTammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is a Democratic politician and lawyer serving as a United States Senator from Wisconsin since 2013. She previously represented Wisconsin’s 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House (1999–2013) and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1993–1999) after local service in Madison and Dane County. She earned a B.A. from Smith College and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports making corporations and wealthy investors pay a larger share of taxes while providing tax relief and credits for working- and middle-class families; backs closing carried interest and other loopholes, corporate minimum taxes, and targeted worker-focused tax cuts and filing simplification. Advocates using revenue to fund programs that lower costs for families (health care, energy, child tax credits) rather than cutting Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid.
Healthcare
Tammy Baldwin supports major expansions of government-provided health coverage, including cosponsoring Medicare for All and sponsoring measures to expand Medicare access and create public-option/Medicaid buy-in pathways. She has introduced and supported legislation to allow buy‑in to Medicare (Medicare at 50 / Choose Medicare), a state public option (Medicaid buy-in), and public-option proposals to strengthen the Affordable Care Act.
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Immigration & Border
Supports protections for Dreamers and improvements to asylum/child welfare while also backing bipartisan measures to strengthen border security (technology, staffing at ports of entry, and efforts to stop fentanyl). Advocates for legal representation for unaccompanied children and seeks limits on ICE overreach.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports nationwide protection of abortion access and has led Senate efforts to restore the right to abortion, including introducing legislation to codify and guarantee abortion access. Opposes criminal abortion bans and advocates federal action to protect reproductive health care including IVF access. Actively issues public statements and votes in favor of measures to preserve and expand reproductive rights.
Climate & Energy
Supports federal investments and policies to expand clean energy, reduce emissions, and grow the clean-energy workforce while also backing biofuels and transitional energy measures. Has used her Senate office to secure federal funding for renewable projects, energy-efficiency grants, and workforce training in Wisconsin and supported administration actions to expand renewable fuel use.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports universal/expanded background checks, red flag laws, and an assault-weapons ban and has voted for federal gun-safety legislation including the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Has cosponsored bills to expand and complete background checks and to ban specified military-style assault weapons. Advocates using federal authority to prevent dangerous people (including those on terror watchlists) from obtaining firearms or explosives.
News
There are no specific recent developments in the provided summaries that directly involve Tammy Baldwin. The only item describes a Justice Department attempt to indict six Democratic lawmakers over statements urging service members to resist “illegal orders,” but Baldwin is not named among those lawmakers. Based on the information given, it is unclear why Baldwin is in the news right now.
Endorsements
Endorsers of Tammy Baldwin for Who will win the next Senate Democratic Leader election?
Sen. Brian Schatz
Public endorsement
Sen. Brian Schatz endorsed Tammy Baldwin for Democratic whip.
Fundraising
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