Claim: Did Mandela Barnes receive a higher share of the Wisconsin vote than Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden?
Fact-check: Did Mandela Barnes receive a higher share of the Wisconsin vote than Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden? - Wisconsin Watch
Verdict: yes. democratic u.s. senate candidate mandela barnes received slightly more of the vote share than president joe biden did in 2020 and significantly more than democratic candidate hillary clinton did in 2016. barnes, who lost to republican incumbent ron johnson, received 49.5% of the vote in the 2022 midterms, compared to johnson's 50.5%.
Organisation: Wisconsin Watch
Author: Hope Karnopp
Date published: 2022-11-30T23:17:09