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"Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson said Monday that he's decided to \"be a candidate for U.S. Senate\" but that his formal announcement will come in the spring.The comments came during a luncheon sponsored by WisPollitics.com, and afterward, 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott asked Thompson about the delayed announcement.\"I want to go around the state and meet the people, like I always did,\" Thompson said.It's a campaign approach that Thompson employed during each of his four races for governor, and 12 News witnessed it as well in 2007 during his brief run for president.But this is a different race, with different issues, and near the top of the list for the former U.S. health secretary said is health care reform.\"We have to eliminate Obamacare, but we have to replace it with other models that actually works,\" Thompson said.Thompson's position on health care has led some in his party to question his conservative credentials, a criticism Thompson dismissed.\"For those who think I'm not conservative enough, I say 'Look at my record. Look at what I've accomplished,'\" Thompson said.Thompson said he wants to take some of what he accomplished in Madison and make it work in Washington. He said he'll run on his record, and he said he confident he will win.So far, Republicans Mark Neumann and Jeff Fitzgerald and Democrat Tammy Baldwin are in the race."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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