POLICE SAY CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE ERIC HOVDE, RESPONDING TO HIS ENDORSEMENT FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. HOBBY IS RUNNING AGAINST DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT TAMMY BALDWIN IN NOVEMBER. HE’S THE ONLY PROMINENT REPUBLICAN TO ENTER THE RACE. AND TODAY HE TALKED WITH 12 NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR MATT SMITH. WHERE’S ERIC? ERIC GOOD JOB MAN. I TELL YOU, ERIC, I AM GIVING YOU MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSE. SO GO OUT AND WIN. GO OUT AND WIN. YOU BETTER WIN TONIGHT. 48 HOURS OFF THE NEW ENDORSEMENT FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT HIS RALLY IN GREEN BAY. ARE YOU READY TO RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM? YES. REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE ERIC HOVDE TODAY IN MILWAUKEE, MEETING WITH SEVERAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, TRUMP AGAIN TUESDAY, FALSELY CLAIMING HE WON WISCONSIN IN 2020 WHEN HE LOST TO JOE BIDEN BY FEWER THAN 21,000 VOTES. I’M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK WHEN TRUMP CONTINUES TO SAY THINGS LIKE THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN OR HE WON WISCONSIN IN 2020 WHEN HE DIDN’T. LOOK, I’M NOT HERE TO LITIGATE 2020. I’M RUNNING IN 2024. I’M RUNNING FOR THE US SENATE. BUT I DO SAY WE HAVE TO GET CONFIDENCE BACK IN OUR ELECTION SYSTEM. IS YOUR CONFIDENCE BACK? LOOK, IS THERE CONCERNS? YES. OF COURSE, YES. UH, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON’T WANT TO SPEND MY TIME TALKING ABOUT 20, 20. I’M TALKING ABOUT 2024. MATT JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM AT. THERE’S STILL A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT WHAT DOES THE LATEST POLLING TELL US ABOUT THIS KEY SENATE RACE. SO THERE’S NOT A LOT OF POLLING JOYCE YET. A NEW POLL LAST MONTH BY EMERSON COLLEGE SHOWS A TIGHT. RACE. AS EXPECTED.