Ron Johnson
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Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Sunday in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that he will run for a third term in 2022.

Johnson, who first won election in the Senate in 2010 as part of that year's Tea Party wave, said in 2016 that his second term would be his last. "That was my strong preference, and my wife's — we both looked forward to a normal private life," he wrote. "Neither of us anticipated the Democrats' complete takeover of government."

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Grayson Quay

Grayson Quay was the weekend editor at TheWeek.com. His writing has also been published in National Review, the Pittsburgh Post-GazetteModern AgeThe American ConservativeThe Spectator World, and other outlets. Grayson earned his M.A. from Georgetown University in 2019.