{"id":1501686,"date":"2022-06-02T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501686"},"modified":"2022-06-02T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T21:14:51","slug":"candidates-in-key-wisconsin-races-submit-paperwork-ahead-of-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candidates-in-key-wisconsin-races-submit-paperwork-ahead-of-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates In Key Wisconsin Races Submit Paperwork Ahead Of Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcandidates-in-key-wisconsin-races-submit-paperwork-ahead-of-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Candidates for key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2022-election\">midterm<\/a> election races in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a>, including a seat that could be critical for control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\">Senate<\/a>, turned in paperwork this week in order to be eligible for the August primary.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Wisconsin Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-johnson\">Ron Johnson<\/a> (R-WI), as well as challengers Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes (D-WI) and State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski (D-WI), all turned in nomination signatures this week ahead of the August 9 primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another Senate hopeful seeking the Democratic nomination who officially <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/elections\/candidates-file-for-2022-midterms-crucial-to-deciding-congress-majority-political-balance-statewide\/article_cae4a617-48e0-5cb1-a8a1-7193abd9e569.html\">filed<\/a> with the Wisconsin Elections Commission is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wealthy-democratic-senate-candidate-wont-have-to-release-financial-report-before-primary\">millionaire<\/a> Alex Lasry, who is taking a break from his role as a Milwaukee Buck executive.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s campaign, which filed on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronjohnsonforsenate.com\/2022\/06\/01\/sen-johnson-files-record-breaking-30000-nomination-signatures-for-2022-u-s-senate-election\/\">said<\/a> that they had collected 30,000 signatures. His team said that they broke Sen. Tammy Baldwin\u2019s (D-WI) record when she ran in 2018. A Senate candidate in Wisconsin <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Wisconsin_State_Senate_elections,_2022\">needs<\/a> to file between 2,000 to 4,000 nominating signatures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis amount of nomination signatures proves how energized and motivated Wisconsin Republicans are to win in November,\u201d the senator said. \u201cI want to thank each and every individual who worked tirelessly to collect and return a record-breaking number of signatures from all 72 counties in Wisconsin. I am looking forward to continuing this fight for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barnes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/barnes-campaign-mandela-barnes-collects-nearly-5000-nomination-signatures-to-appear-on-primary-ballot\/\">announced<\/a> this week that his team turned in the signatures this week and that he had collected 5,000 nomination signatures, and said that he was \u201cbuilding the grassroots army we\u2019ll need to send Ron Johnson packing once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lieutenant governor has been endorsed by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p>Godlewski, who has been state treasurer since 2019, said that she collected over 4,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful to all the staffers, volunteers, circulators, and signers who collected well over 4,000 nomination signatures and helped us get here. Together, we are going to defeat Ron Johnson and return this U.S. Senate seat to the people of Wisconsin,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/sarahforwisconsin.com\/sarah-godlewski-delivered-over-4000-nomination-signatures-to-appear-on-august-primary-ballot\/\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/sarahforwisconsin.com\/endorsements\/\">boasts<\/a> endorsements from the pro-abortion Emily\u2019s List, and a series of other progressive women\u2019s groups like Her Bold Move, Women Lead Wisconsin, and Feminist Majority.<\/p>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/elections\/candidates-file-for-2022-midterms-crucial-to-deciding-congress-majority-political-balance-statewide\/article_cae4a617-48e0-5cb1-a8a1-7193abd9e569.html\">several<\/a> other Democrats vying for the chance to challenge Johnson \u2014 who also faces a challenge from Republican David Schroeder, though Johnson is expected to win easily.<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans also filed to challenge Governor Tony Evers (D-WI) who squeaked out a victory against then Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Republican front runners is Walker\u2019s former Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, who announced that she had collected 6,700 signatures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is so much at stake this November \u2014 from election integrity to the safety of our communities. As governor, I\u2019ll help Wisconsin families take back control of state government from the Madison swamp, get our schools back on track and get our economy back to work,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccaforgovernor.com\/rebecca-kleefisch-submits-nomination-signatures\/\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates seeking the Republican nomination include former Marine Kevin Nicholson and state Rep. Tim Ramthun. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidates for key midterm election races in Wisconsin, including a seat that could be critical for control of the Senate, turned in paperwork this week in order to be eligible for the August primary. Incumbent Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), as well as challengers Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes (D-WI) and State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski (D-WI), &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1501720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1501720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}