Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., poses for a portrait after an interview Dec. 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. ( (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) is up for reelection in 2024, but there has yet to be a true candidate on the right to challenge the incumbent Democrat, The Daily Beast reported this week.

U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher was once thought to be the logical choice, but he announced in June that he will not seek a Senate bid in 2024. Gallagher’s main priority seems to be his work with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) named him the chairman of in January.

Wisconsin Republicans sought another congressman, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, but he also declined to run. Tiffany spent nine years between Wisconsin’s state House and Senate before being elected to serve in the U.S. House in 2020. Wisconsin’s other six Republican U.S. Representatives have also refused to run, and the only declared GOP candidate in the race is a 40-year-old college student named Rejani Raveendran.

This makes the most likely option former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke. During Clarke’s time as sheriff, his administration was involved in a series of controversies including the death of an inmate and abuse allegations. Clarke is now a controversial podcaster who often commentates on right-wing issues, like pitching ideas for how the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol could have been more effective. A survey conducted by Public Policy Polling earlier this year suggested a double-digit lead for Clarke over Gallagher and Tiffany before they announced their intentions not to run.

Should Clarke announce his candidacy and emerge as the frontrunner, it would be quite a gamble by the GOP who ran similar candidates in 2022, with little success.

Despite Clarke’s possible candidacy and a lack of other quality candidates, the national Republican Senate electoral committee is certain it will field a good candidate to face Baldwin.

“We will have a strong candidate in Wisconsin that highlights Tammy Baldwin’s record as a far-left rubber stamp for Joe Biden,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Tate Mitchell told The Daily Beast’s Ursula Perano in a statement.