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Baldwin, state's congressmen win U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin and all seven other members of Wisconsin's House congressional delegations kept their seats in Tuesday's election.
Baldwin, 40, a Madison Democrat, hoped to hold on to the office she first won in 1998 in part because of a "youthquake" among students at UW-Madison that helped push her to victory.
This year, she faced spirited opposition from Ron Greer, 46, a Republican and conservative Christian pastor from Fitchburg who offered a sharp contrast to Baldwin on issues like abortion rights and attacking Iraq.
Tuesday's election was the first since Wisconsin lost one seat in Congress because state population did not grow as fast as it did in other states during the last 10 years.
One Wisconsin congressman, Republican Tom Petri of Fond du Lac, ran without opposition Tuesday.
In other races:
In the 2nd District, Baldwin faced a feisty underdog in Greer, who ran hard but failed to attract enough money to match the incumbent's war chest. By mid-October, Greer had about $11,000 in his campaign account; Baldwin had already spent at least $282,000 on television and radio advertising and had hundreds of thousands of dollars available.
On nearly every issue, the candidates offered a clear choice. Baldwin favors national health insurance with state-by-state flexibility; Greer says a government health bureaucracy would be a disaster. He calls himself "100 percent pro-life" and opposes embryonic stem-cell research; she champions the research and staunchly defends abortion rights.
Baldwin was among 133 House members who voted against a resolution giving President Bush authority to use military force against Iraq; Greer said Iraq poses an immediate threat.
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