Endorsed by former President Donald Trump, former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden defeated Democrat Brad Pfaff in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District.
With 93 percent of the votes counted, Van Orden received 52 percent of the votes while Pfaff recorded 48 percent, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Van Orden and Pfaff sought a seat held by longtime Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), who narrowly defeated Van Orden in 2020.
Kind was first elected in 1997 and announced in 2021 that he would not seek another term.
Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) (C) speaks during a news conference with a bipartisan group of House members outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 20, 2014. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“The truth is I’ve run out of gas,” Kind said during a news conference after announcing his retirement….}