even more pumped and I'm ready
to get things done because we're obviously not going back. So I'm
ready. >> Wisconsin Democratic U.S.
Senator Tammy Baldwin had a speaking spot at the DNC on its
final night. She's running for reelection against Republican
political reporter Zach Schultz caught up with Senator Baldwin
last week. >> Give me a sense of how much
the race has changed in the last five weeks since Kamala Harris
has been promoted to the top of the ticket.
new beginning for the party and a new beginning for our nation.
And you feel that energy? I felt it when I was able to join Vice
President Harris in West Allis, Wisconsin, in her first public
appearance after becoming the presumptive nominee. And I saw
that in Eau Claire when she introduced her running mate to
the swing states on her second stop. And I can just tell from
all the Wisconsinites that I'm talking to, and this isn't
necessarily in partisan, but just that people feel a new
energy. And so that's very, very exciting.
schedule during a week like this when your party's in Chicago,
but you're choosing to travel around Wisconsin for the first
part of the week? >> Absolutely. Well, I'm engaged
in what we're calling the In Your Corner tour and going to
every corner of the state really wanted to take the energy that
we were watching at the convention, but bring it to the
grassroots of the state. And as you know, when I travel, I don't
just go to blue counties. I'm going to red counties, deep red
counties. I'm going to rural areas, suburban areas, urban
areas. But really to meet people where they are and bring the
energy that we're all feeling to our communities across the
state. the Walls and Harris ticket in
combined with your campaign and new legislative districts for
the Assembly and some of the state Senate, will mean when it
comes to Democratic turnout up and down the ballot.
>> Yeah. new maps. I am so delighted that
we now have fair maps, because I've seen the consequences of
gerrymandered, especially deeply large parts of Wisconsin there
hasn't been a competitive race for state assembly or state
Senate in years. And what that means is that there's not a
Democrat doing the doors, and that's how you win local races.
You actually knock on doors, you have the face to face
conversations. You ask people what they're concerned about.
platform is. And so there's a lot of voters who may have
chosen in past elections to stay home because they see only one
choice on the ballot for state Senate and for state Assembly.
That's changed this year. So there's a part of the energy in
Wisconsin that's bubbling up as well as of course, this energy
that you're seeing, bubble down. And I just think that that's a
And I just think that that's a