{"id":597700,"date":"2021-07-20T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=597700"},"modified":"2021-07-20T10:50:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T14:50:26","slug":"lieutenant-gov-mandela-barnes-announces-candidacy-looking-to-become-first-black-senator-in-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lieutenant-gov-mandela-barnes-announces-candidacy-looking-to-become-first-black-senator-in-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Lieutenant Gov. Mandela Barnes Announces Candidacy, Looking To Become First Black Senator In Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Flieutenant-gov-mandela-barnes-announces-candidacy-looking-to-become-first-black-senator-in-wisconsin%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=597700&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1157015325-scaled-e1626790674863.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in 2022, seeking to become the state\u2019s first black senator in its history.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes announced his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/val-demings-marco-rubio-senate-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">candidacy<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/football-army-jake-bequette-senate-arkansas-john-boozman-twitter-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate<\/a> via Twitter Tuesday morning in a two-minute clip, apparently forgoing a chance to run for a second time as Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/tony-evers-wisconsin-guns-sanctuary-second-ammendment-bill-state-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin<\/a> Gov. Tony Evers\u2019 running mate, The Associated Press (AP) <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-and-politics-wisconsin-senate-elections-election-2020-874003bb009ecf23441d19955a496c84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the announcement video posted to Twitter, Barnes is seen waking up at six o\u2019clock in the morning, putting on his running shoes while preparing to go out for a run.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.350453172205\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m Mandela Barnes and I\u2019m running to be Wisconsin\u2019s next Senator.<\/p>\n<p>Hard-working families deserve every opportunity, but politicians like Senator Ron Johnson aren\u2019t delivering. Instead of changing our dreams, we need to change the game. Join us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XzVS3WHqQf\">pic.twitter.com\/XzVS3WHqQf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mandela Barnes (@TheOtherMandela) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheOtherMandela\/status\/1417470806372782088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cExcuses are nothing but a dead end,\u201d Barnes says in the dubbed-over video. \u201cAnd expectations are something to be shattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he runs, a list of his accomplishments is shown on screen, including his election to state representative and lieutenant governor, adding that \u201cwe have to reach for what we can be\u201d and push hard \u201cevery single step of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barnes can also be seen meeting members of the community, including participating in a church service and visiting a farm and brewery in the state, before the video cuts to him addressing a small crowd.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/arizona-peter-thiel-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Thiel Capital COO Blake Masters Announces Run For Arizona Senate)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system isn\u2019t working,\u201d Barnes tells the crowd. \u201cSo many people who are working, longer hours and harder for much less,\u201d adding that the citizens need \u201cto change the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barnes then talks about the state of health care, climate change, protecting voting rights of citizens while also talking about the \u2018social justice\u2019 accomplishments of the state during its history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.0425531914894\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes enters Senate race <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vj8CIZhxWt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vj8CIZhxWt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GZBorcrKOq\">pic.twitter.com\/GZBorcrKOq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1417480929946243075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen you stay focused on why you\u2019re running, nothing can slow you down,\u201d Barnes says before declaring his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Barnes\u2019s announcement marks the seventh candidate to declare in the Democratic primary against incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, according to The AP.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has not officially declared his candidacy for 2022, The AP reported, but in April was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/08\/donald-trump-endorses-ron-johnson-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsed by<\/a>&nbsp;former President Donald Trump, who told the senator to \u201cRun, Ron, Run!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in 2022, seeking to become the state\u2019s first black senator in its history.Barnes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597700","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\/597700","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}