Tommy Thompson expected to file papers for US Senate
By WTMJ News Team
Oct. 3, 2011
MADISON- A campaign source tells TODAY'S TMJ4 Charles Benson that Tommy Thompson will file to run for the US Senate on Tuesday.
He also reports Thompson has taken small steps to indicate he is running but him filing the papers with the F.E.C. tomorrow will make his campaign official.
Over the weekend TODAY'S TMJ4 learned State Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald and State Sen. Frank Lasee filed for the US Senate race.
Former Congressman Mark Neumann is officially in.
TODAY'S TMJ4 was also the first to report Madison Hedge Fund guy Eric Hovde, a big Republican donor, is thinking about a run
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin is the only Democrat in the race so far.
Thompson's spent 20 years in the Assembly, 14 years as Governor and four in the White House as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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