Hovde concedes 12 days after Wisconsin Senate race call, blames Dem-recruited 3rd-party candidate

Republican businessman Eric Hovde yet conceded decision connected Monday successful a razor-thin contention for a U.S. Senate spot successful Wisconsin, claiming that a Democrat-recruited third-party campaigner siphoned disconnected the votes that would person secured him the victory.

Hovde, a multimillionaire slope proprietor and existent property developer, posted his concession video connected societal media 12 days aft the contention was called successful favour of Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin.

Hovde could person requested a recount, which helium would person had to wage for himself, due to the fact that his borderline of decision was little than 1 percent constituent astatine astir 29,000 votes, though helium said helium did not privation to "add to governmental strife done a contentious recount."

The Republican campaigner repeated claims successful the video that helium archetypal made past week, saying determination were "many troubling issues" related to absentee ballots successful Milwaukee and erstwhile they were reported. Republicans, Democrats and nonpartisan predetermination leaders each refuted the claims of impropriety Hovde made.

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Republican Eric Hovde connected Monday conceded decision to Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin successful a U.S. Senate contention successful Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images, File)

"Without a elaborate reappraisal of each the ballots and their legitimacy, which volition beryllium hard to get successful the courts, a petition for a recount would service nary intent due to the fact that you volition conscionable beryllium recounting the aforesaid ballots careless of their integrity," Hovde said successful the video.

Baldwin defeated Hovde with a borderline of little than 1 percent point, astatine astir 29,000 votes. (Reuters, File)

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Hovde besides repeated his ailment astir the candidacy of Thomas Leager, who ran arsenic a subordinate of the America First Party. 

Leager, a far-right campaigner who was supported by Democratic donors arsenic helium ran arsenic a conservative, finished a distant fourth, receiving astir 400 less votes than the borderline betwixt Baldwin and Hovde. Hovde claimed that Democratic operatives were down Leager's candidacy. 

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Hovde, who poured millions of dollars of his ain wealth into his losing contention this year, has not ruled retired different governmental run successful the future. Some Republicans person floated him arsenic a imaginable campaigner for governor successful 2026.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.