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Published October 15, 2012, 12:00 AM

Baldwin and Klobuchar

U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, received support from Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, in an Oct. 12 campaign stop at Hudson.


Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, the Democratic candidate for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat, enters a room at the Hudson Professional Center on Friday, Oct. 12, to the applause of supporters.

  • Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, the Democratic candidate for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat, enters a room at the Hudson Professional Center on Friday, Oct. 12, to the applause of supporters.
  • U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, right, talks on a cell phone to a St. Croix County supporter. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, left, accompanied Baldwin on her visit to western Wisconsin.
  • Kathy Benson, seated fourth from the left at the table, tells Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin of her support for the Affordable Health Care Act. Benson, the owner of an assembly and packaging company, says she has a pre-existing condition that health insurance very expensive for her. Also sitting at the table, from left, are Lana Sjoberg, Christina Krizek, Sarah Atkins, Benson, Karen Crawley and John Krizek.
  • Dolly Qualls, left, a retired Hudson home economics teacher, gives Sen. Amy Klobuchar a gift of Slovenian potica bread. Klobuchar's father, retired Minneapolis Star sports columnist Jim Klobuchar, is of Slovenian heritage. So is Qualls.
  • U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, center, visits with Sarah Atkins, left, owner of Archovactions Inc., and Kathy Benson, owner of Twin River, an assembly and packaging company. Archovations produces CavClear Masonry Mats and Insulation Systems used in the construction of brick buildings.
  • Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin, left, and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota take questions from the press after visiting campaign volunteers in Hudson on Friday, Oct. 12.