While I may be suspending my campaign, I’ll never give up my fight for Wisconsin.
Mandela Barnes
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July 31, 2026
This is life or death for Wisconsinites who are losing their healthcare under a Trump administration.
— Mandela Barnes
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by number of sourcesNow it’s our time to come together and focus our efforts on that one goal. We have to do everything to beat Tom Tiffany.
If you want to build a real democracy, it is about not just working with the basic folks that you’ve known forever... but we’re in the business of addition.
These long primaries suck, but it is good for people to be able to push each other, to challenge each other, to be able to generate ideas from one another.
We have to tax the wealthiest in our society and restore opportunity.
I know firsthand that we’re living in a rigged system. Everybody in this room knows that we’re living in a rigged system, and we see the rich become richer and richer… Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in the history of our…
This will be an incredibly competitive race. It already is. The general election is going to show up fast and furious.
It is a politicized issue. It’s very hard to find common ground with Republicans because the party has become essentially the Republican party of one person.
There is an affordability crisis that affects almost every household in this state, whether it’s healthcare, whether it’s groceries, whether it’s energy bills, or whether it’s housing, and it feels like there’s no sign of things letting up.
It is a politicized issue. The Republican party has become essentially the Republican party of one person and I don’t want to find myself in a place where I am validating bad behavior.