PRESEASON, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
MANDELA BARNES ANNOUNCED HIS
CANDIDACY FOR U.S. SENATE THIS
WEEK IN MILWAUKEE.
>> I'M RUNNING FOR THE SENATE TO
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY, TO FIGHT
FOR HARD-WORKING PEOPLE JUST
LIKE MY PARENTS AND SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE ACROSS THIS ENTIRE
GREAT STATE.
>> 34-YEAR-OLD MANDELA BARNES IS
THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO SERVE
AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN
WISCONSIN.
VOTERS WILL SELECT HIS
REPLACEMENT IN THE AUGUST 2022
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
THE WINNER OF THAT RACE WILL BE
ON THE TICKET WITH GOVERNOR TONY
EVERS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION.
AS TO THE LOSS OF HIS RUNNING
MATE TO THE CROWDED FIELD OF
DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR U.S.
SENATE AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT, EVERS RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING, IN PART,
QUOTE, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE
STRONG DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WHO
ARE RUNNING TO SEND HIM PACKING
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS' CHOICE TO
TAKE ON RON JOHNSON IN 2022.
OTHER ANNOUNCED DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES FOR THE SENATE SEAT
INCLUDE STATE TREASURER SARAH
GODLEWSKI, SATE SENATOR CHRIS
LARSON, OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE TOM NELSON, MILWAUKEE
BUCKS EXECUTIVE ALEX LASRY,
WAUSAU PHYSICIAN GILLIAN
BATTINO, FORMER STATE SENATE
CANDIDATE ADAM MURPHY, MILWAUKEE
ATTORNEY PETER PECKARSKY AND
MILWAUKEE ALDER.
INCUMBENT SENATOR RON JOHNSON
HAS NOT YET ANNOUNCED HE WILL
RUN FOR REELECTION, BUT THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL
COMMITTEE SAID THIS.
QUOTE, WHILE WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS
TRIP OVER THEMSELVES TO PROVE
WHO'S MORE LIBERAL, SENATOR RON
JOHNSON CONTINUES TO WORK HARD
TO BRING COMMON SENSE TO
WASHINGTON AND FIGHT FOR THE