Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., fended off a challenge from Republican Eric Hovde on Tuesday and won a third six-year term in a critically battleground state, according to NBC News.

Hovde, an independent, wealthy businessman who ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2012, had borrowed $13 million of his own money for his campaign and raised a few million more.

But Hovde, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, fell short to Baldwin, who benefited from his time in office, amassing more than $36 million this cycle to prepare for a hard-fought campaign in a purple state.

Baldwin defeated Hovde, while Trump carried Wisconsin in the presidential race over Vice President Kamala Harris.

In campaign ads, Baldwin touted her work to expand health care and benefits for veterans exposed to wildfires and described Hovde as a bank manager from Orange County, California, even though he was born and raised in Wisconsin.

Baldwin was first elected to the Senate in 2012, replacing outgoing Democratic Senator Herb Kohl. With her victory over Tommy Thompson, former Health and Human Services Secretary and former Wisconsin governor, she made history as the first openly LGBTQ person elected to the Senate and the first woman elected to the Senate as a Wisconsin representative became.

She won re-election in 2018 by a margin of 11 percentage points. Meanwhile, Trump and Joe Biden each led Wisconsin by less than a percentage point in the last two White House elections.

During her decades-long political career, which took her from local government and the state legislature in Madison to the House and Senate in Washington, Baldwin never lost an election.

She is currently a member of the Senate Democratic leadership team and serves as caucus secretary. Her Senate seat has remained under Democratic control since 1957, when William Proxmire won a special election following the death of Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy.