MADISON, Wis. -- Republicans have held Wisconsin's 1st congressional district since 1995 and the 3rd district since 2023, but Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin believes connecting with farmers will change his party's fortunes.

The DNC on Tuesday began a new ad push targeting Rep. Derrick Van Orden (Dist. 3) and Rep. Bryan Steil (Dist. 1) for their support of tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump that are hurting Wisconsin farmers. China has stopped importing American soybeans because of the tariffs.

"Most soybean farmers now in this country have no market to trade, and they're left with these crops that are rotting and no sense of how they're going to actually afford their bills," Martin said. "What we're seeing is so many of those families being squeezed out now be

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