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After the first senatorial debate between the Wisconsin candidates, Ron Johnson said he believes he has Tea Party support, largely for his favoring less government. For instance, Johnson said he wants to repeal the health care legislation that was recently enacted and replace it with smaller bills. When asked which parts he would keep, Johnson mentioned portability, and he would start with tort reform.

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After the first senatorial debate between the Wisconsin candidates, Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wis., talked about his reaching out to more conservative voters, including Tea Partiers. Feingold said he thinks the health care legislation was a compromise between the various implementations voters wanted. He also said his campaign declined the request to not use footage from the debate in campaign commercials because candidate Ron Johnson “is trying to be a stealth senator,” and he wants to be able to hold Johnson accountable for what he says.