Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez Quits Democratic Governor's Race over Campaign Finance Problems
The withdrawal follows campaign finance errors that left the campaign with $200,000 in cash on hand, officials said.
- On Friday, Gov. Sarah Rodriguez abandoned her Democratic primary campaign for governor, citing financial concerns that would distract from the race in the Midwestern battleground state.
- Rodriguez had emerged as a leading establishment Democrat from Milwaukee suburbs, placing first at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention earlier this summer before her campaign discovered the errors.
- Last Sunday, Rodriguez's campaign announced it had discovered duplicated contributions that artificially inflated fundraising figures, leading to the firing of campaign manager Kara Spencer; a Marquette University Law School survey from March showed state Rep. Francesca Hong at 14% and Gov. Mandela Barnes at 11%.
- Democratic colleagues called the errors disqualifying, while Rodriguez stated she could not 'in good conscience, allow these questions to become a cloud over an election that Democrats need to win.'
- The Aug. 11 primary occurs less than a month away, with the winner facing Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in the general election; state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, remains among remaining candidates with recent momentum.
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Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, a Democrat, has dropped out of the governor's race, leaving former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and Francesca Hong, a state representative and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, as the leading Democratic candidates ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.Hong has a history of anti-Israel activism, having accused Israel of committing genocide, opposed Wisconsin's adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance …
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