Republican US Senate candidate Eric Hovde says models showed he was all but sure to win on Election Night, but an early morning ballot dump “improbably” went nearly 100 percent to his Democrat opponent Tammy Baldwin, handing her the Senate seat.
Hovde said people were so sure he’d win, he was receiving calls of congratulations as models suggested his results would be similar to those of GOP nominee Donald Trump, who won the state.
“Like many of my supporters, I was shocked by what unfolded on election night,” Hovde said in a video Tuesday.
“At 1 a.m., I was receiving calls of congratulations and based on the models, it appeared I would win the Senate race.”
Many people have reached out to me with concerns about the voting inconsistencies we experienced on Election Day. Here are my thoughts: pic.twitter.com/zDvaeHaizw
— Eric Hovde (@EricHovde) November 12, 2024
“Then at 4 a.m., Milwaukee reported approximately 108,000 absentee ballots, with Senator Baldwin receiving nearly 90% of those ballots.”
Hovde expressed skepticism at the statistical likelihood of those figures.
“Statistically, this outcome seems improbable, as it didn’t match the patterns from same day voting in Milwaukee, where I received 22% of the votes,” he pointed out, going on to note voting inconsistencies including in Milwaukee where 150% to 200% of registered voters turned out at some precincts.
“Additionally, in 2020, President Biden received 10 million more votes than Vice President Harris did last Tuesday, yet in Milwaukee, even though the population of Milwaukee has declined, and registered voters declined by 26,330, and early voting numbers were down, somehow Harris received only 1,100 less votes than Biden did, which is not consistent with most major cities.”
“This was accomplished by same day registration that surged by almost 50% on a rainy day,” Hovde added.
The defeated candidate went on to say Democrats had funded a Libertarian candidate and a “phony America First” candidate in order to steal votes from him.
“If either of these candidates had not been in the race, the outcome would be different today,” he said.
“Is this right and fair to deceive voters? Is this the democratic process we want?” he asked, going on to criticize the state for not purging its voter rolls, which currently show 8 million registered voters while only 3.5 million are active voters.
Hovde, who has not yet conceded, goes on to say he’s weighing whether to ask for a recount, but notes “there are meaningful limits on a recount because they don’t look at the integrity of a ballot.”
Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde refuses to concede against Tammy Baldwin. Good.
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) November 13, 2024
Now let's take a closer look at those 4 am ballots 👀 https://t.co/R2WXB77LV3 pic.twitter.com/Eg2B6zEDca
Earlier this week, Infowars reported X users were pointing out how late-night ballot dumps provided an “improbable” bump “implausibly” flipping the race for Dems just as Republicans were pulling ahead.
A graph depicting Wisconsin Senate race vote totals shows how Dems received a massive bump taking them over the top thanks to a trove of mail-in ballots keyed in between the hours of 4 and 5 a.m. on Wednesday after Election Day.
Bro what the fuck https://t.co/QOI6gz5Smy pic.twitter.com/Hd2mMDHc15
— 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬 (@myth_pilot) November 11, 2024
Will the incoming Trump administration investigate the Senate race in Wisconsin?