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U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany, a Republican from Wisconsin and the state’s GOP gubernatorial nominee, and his pilot were forced to swim to safety after the small plane they were traveling in lost power and made an emergency water landing in Lake Wausau.Tiffany was returning from a political event on Saturday night when the aircraft experienced power failure as it approached the Wausau Downtown Airport. After the pilot successfully landed the plane on the water, the aircraft began to submerge. Tiffany and the pilot called 911, exited the sinking plane, and swam to a shallow area to wait for emergency responders, who transported them to a hospital by airboat.Both Tiffany and the pilot sustained only minor injurieswith Tiffany receiving stitches for a laceration above his right eyeand have since been released. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the incident.