Mandela Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and 2022 Democratic Senate nominee, dropped out of the Democratic gubernatorial primary race on Thursday.
Barnes told staff in a conversation on Wednesday that there is a clear choice for the Democratic nomination, implicitly acknowledging socialist Francesca Hong’s overwhelming lead in the polls.
“We’re incredibly proud of all the things that we’ve accomplished and all the resources that we have raised to spread our message,” Barnes said in a video on X. “But it’s become very clear who our nominee is going to be.”
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