He served two terms in the state Legislature before being elected lieutenant governor in 2018. But I know it’ll be that much easier because we’re in this together.”īarnes, who is Black, was born and raised in Milwaukee. “It’s going to be difficult, an uphill battle. “I know it’s going to be tough,” Barnes said. Barnes thanked Lasry for not running a negative campaign and said that unity will help Democrats take on Johnson. Lasry called Barnes a friend and said he looked forward to helping him beat Johnson. In-person absentee voting started Tuesday. On Monday, Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson dropped out of the race and endorsed Barnes.Įven though Lasry and Nelson are ending their campaigns this week, both of their names will remain on the primary ballot. State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, who has trailed Barnes by double digits, vowed to remain in the contest along with other lesser-known candidates.

This week, Barnes’s campaign released an internal poll that shows Barnes ahead of Lasry by 14 points. Lasry said he decided to drop out after consulting on Tuesday night with Democratic U.S. “Circling around somebody, presumably Barnes, is one way to try to make the chances of winning in November greater,” Burden said.

The move helps Democrats who want to avoid a nasty end to the primary and instead keep the focus on Johnson, according to University of Wisconsin–Madison political-science professor Barry Burden. Ron Johnson under fire for fake elector revelation at Jan. See: ‘Decertification’ of Trump loss to Biden in 2020 emerges as new litmus test in Republican primariesĪlso: Trump lost, and the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, group of prominent conservatives concludes after exhaustive studyįrom the archives (June 2022): Wisconsin Sen. The race in battleground Wisconsin, which Donald Trump narrowly won in 2016 but lost by a nearly equal number of votes in 2020, could determine which party holds majority control in the 50-50 Senate. “This wasn’t something where I thought we lost,” Lasry said, standing alongside Barnes outside the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee where the Bucks play.

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