Mandela Barnes quotes

As printed Aug 1

“This is life or death for Wisconsinites who are losing their health care under a Trump administration. People who can’t afford child care, the folks who are being squeezed by bills, while the rich continue to get richer.”

theGrio ›

As printed Jul 29

“The governor cannot defund police, and I’m not here to govern by slogan. I’m here to make sure that I am the governor that is most serious about public safety,”

NBC News Francesca Hong avoids attacks as Wisconsin Democrats meet for governor debate ›

As printed Aug 3

“Now we have to do everything we possibly can to defeat Tom Tiffany, and that’s exactly what I’m committed to doing for the next 96 days.”

theGrio ›

As printed Aug 2

“My strength lies in the fact that I’m the one who’s actually ready to go on day one and, having been on both sides of a very close statewide election, I know what it takes to win,”

theGrio ›

As printed Aug 2

“Now, I said from the very beginning when I launched this campaign that the No. 1 goal was taking on and defeating Tom Tiffany to deliver big wins for Democrats up and down the ticket,”

Fox News ›

As printed Jul 31

“It’s become very clear who our nominee is going to be,”

on Barnes dropping his Wisconsin governor bid as Hong emerges as likely nominee

Associated Press Mandela Barnes drops out of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor ›

As printed Jul 31

“It’s become very clear who are nominee is going to be,”

on Barnes conceding Hong has effectively won the Wisconsin governor primary

AsAmNews Barnes out. Hong surges in Wisconsin governor’s race. ›

As printed Jul 31

“I said from the very beginning when I launched this campaign that the number one goal was taking on and defeating Tom Tiffany to deliver big wins for Democrats up and down the ticket, and now it’s our time to come together to focus our efforts on that one goal,”

TheGrio Mandela Barnes shockingly suspends campaign to become Wisconsin’s first Black governor ›

As printed Jul 31

“The number one goal was taking on and defeating Tom Tiffany to deliver big wins for Democrats up and down the ticket, and now it’s our time to come together to focus our efforts on that one goal.”

MSNBC Mandela Barnes suspends Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign ›

As printed Jul 30

“It matters for the 2028 presidential race because we have a chance to show how strong and how reliably blue Wisconsin can be if organized properly.”

MSNBC ›

As printed Jul 30

“It’s been mentioned that the county executive had his campaign resurrected by special interests in a dark room with people with their thumb on the scale,”

on a Wisconsin governor debate attack over a rival's campaign funding

NBC News Francesca Hong avoids attacks as Wisconsin Democrats meet for governor debate ›

As printed Jul 18

“Even Tony Evers is acknowledging that Mandela Barnes and Francesca Hong are too radical for Wisconsin. At least we can all agree that socialism would destroy our state.”

on Sara Rodriguez dropping out of the Wisconsin governor's race

NBC News Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of the governor’s race ›

As printed Jul 10

“I have believed from the day since Mandela Barnes got into the race, he's the favorite,”

PBS News Hour - Politics Democratic socialist Francesca Hong tests how far left voters will go in battleground Wisconsin ›

As printed Jul 10

“I've been around longer than anybody fighting these fights,”

PBS News Hour - Politics Democratic socialist Francesca Hong tests how far left voters will go in battleground Wisconsin ›

As printed Jul 29

“We should all be very disturbed by what we saw in those images, what we saw in the video, and we should fight as hard as we possibly can, as a state, as a people, as a society, to make sure that never happens again.”

NBC News Francesca Hong avoids attacks as Wisconsin Democrats meet for governor debate ›