Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity

By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde pledges in a new campaign ad to donate his salary to charity if elected. The move comes as Democrats try to paint the California bank owner as an out-of-touch multimillionaire. Hovde has suggested he will spend as much as $20 million of his own money in the race to defeat Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. The race is one of a few that could determine if Democrats maintain majority control of the Senate. Hovde promises in Friday’s ad to give his entire $174,000 taxpayer-funded salary to a Wisconsin charity every year.