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Mandela Barnes drops out of Wisconsin governor’s race as Francesca Hong rises in polls 🚀 🚀 (lite.cnn.com)

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Whoah! I remember vaguely liking Mandela Barnes for some reason and thinking it was a shame he had to be beaten for her to rise. That's a big and very impressive move by him.

Edit: It might not have been entirely altruistic, though also there hasn't been any real evidence that he was involved in wrongdoing.

Barnes’ move came on the same day that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that it had asked him about allegations of inappropriate behavior lodged with the state Democratic Party, local party officials and others against him.

The Wisconsin Democratic Party received an anonymous letter in 2024 and again in 2025 making allegations against Barnes, a person with direct knowledge of the party’s actions told The Associated Press. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the review.

The party hired a law firm in 2025 to look into claims that Barnes used his position in the party to seek out inappropriate relationships with young adult women, the person said. The review found nothing actionable because the allegations were anonymous and unspecific, the person with knowledge of the probe said.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-governor-barnes-democrats-primary-8d5c0f75dcc364b80fa41c7ab7b32407