Eric Hovde, the California carpetbagger with a pornstache, is not your typical Wisconsinite. Hell, he's not your typical American.
Consider these facts:
- He owns a $7 million mansion in Laguna Beach, near his multibillion dollar bank and right on the ocean.
- He owns a $2.3 million mansion in Washington, D.C.
- He owns a more modest, but still luxurious, home on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisconsin
- He has hundreds of millions of dollars in the Cayman Islands
- His worth is in the range of $565 million, give or take a few million dollars, which could make him the richest senator in the United States, if he would get elected
Yeah, I'm sure he's really concerned about inflation and the high cost of gas and groceries. He has more money than most Wisconsinites, altogether, will ever see in their lives.
But wait! There's more. There's always more.
Hovde also owns a very swanky tropical resort in Costa Rica:
In December 2022, Hovde Properties joined with California-based Soul Community Planet, a "holistic hospitality" company, to purchase a 189-acre jungle lodge on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula along the Corcovado National Park. Hovde is challenging Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in the November election.