Favorite in Wisconsin Democratic Senate primary calls in the big guns amid slide
2022 Elections,2022 Wisconsin Senate Election,Wisconsin
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Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes entered the Wisconsin Democratic Senate primary with all the makings of an automatic front-runner: statewide name recognition, a national profile, big endorsements and a cushy lead in early polling.
Then a multimillionaire opponent plowed more than $5 million into a flood of TV ads — all while Barnes was dark.
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