Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch said Wisconsin had the smallest margin in the 2020 presidential election. Both Arizona and Georgia had narrower margins.
Indeed, at least one of them is trying to raise money based on how tight the election is, noting money is needed to return a Republican to the governor’s office.
"Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020," former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch noted in a June 8, 2022 email."Make no mistake, the Left knows exactly what’s on the line in the Badger State this year."Third smallest margin in 2020 When asked for backup, Kleefisch’s team said the fundraising email contained an error and should read that the margin in Wisconsin wasAlec Zimmerman, communications director for the Kleefisch campaign, said the error was promptly corrected in a follow-up email, but when asked, did not share a corrected email – nor could Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff members who received the first email find any corrected one in their inboxes.
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