Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffered minor injuries after a plane carrying him lost power and made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau on Saturday night.Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin...

A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday.

A Republican congressman says he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday.

U.S. Rep.Tom Tiffany (R-W), who is running to become the governor of Wisconsin, had to swim to safety after the four-seat, Bonanza airplane the 68-year-old congressman was traveling in lost power and had to ditch in a lake in the dark of night.