‘When QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby’: Ron Johnson will run again for US Senate

Republican announces run for third term, delighting both his own party and Democrats seeking a win

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The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a hardline Trump supporter once described as what you get when QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby", has confirmed he will seek a third term, a step he once promised not to take.

Johnson announced his decision in an editorial on Sunday.