On the same day he referred to his loss to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin as "brutally hard and painful" and a "gut-wrenching punch to the solar plexus" in a radio interview, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde also posted a video leaving open the possibility of requesting a recount.

The nearly 5-minute video, posted to X, included a series of misleading comments about the Milwaukee and Wisconsin election commissions. The city Election Commission in a statement said it "unequivocally refutes Eric Hovde’s baseless claims regarding the integrity of our election process.