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Wisconsin Democrats aim to beat Sen. Ron Johnson, but how?

FILE - Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, speaks before President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Austin Straubel in Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 30, 2020. There is optimism among Democrats that Johnson, whose favorable rating stood at 33% in February in the Marquette University Law School poll, is more vulnerable now than ever. Johnson faces Democratic candidate Mandela Barnes. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) FILE - Milwaukee Bucks senior vice president and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, Alex Lasry speaks Jan, 29, 2020, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Lasry, an executive with the Milwaukee Bucks his father Marc is part owner, has spent millions on television ads to raise his profile as he courts organized labor and attacks Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., as anti-worker. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP File) FILE - Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski works in her office at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Jan. 22, 2019. Godlewski paints Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. as an out-of-touch extremist in her ads while she benefits from an endorsement from Emily's List.(Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File) Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes, left, and Maribel, Wisconsin, farmer Michael Slattery listen to a discussion about issues facing rural Wisconsin during a stop on the candidate's "Barnes for Barns" tour on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at a dairy farm in Cambridge, Wis. Barnes is trying to appeal to rural voters as part of his campaign to win the Democratic primary and knock off Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
Wisconsin Democrats aim to beat Sen. Ron Johnson, but how?