Mandela Barnes served as Wisconsin’s 45th lieutenant governor and was the state’s second-ever Black statewide elected official. Barnes previously served in the Wisconsin legislature, worked as an organizer and was recently the Democratic candidate in Wisconsin for U.S. Senate. He founded The Long Run PAC, which has donated and fundraised for Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign, and has personally appeared with Protasiewicz on the campaign trail. Follow him @theOtherMandela or his new initiative @longrunpac.

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Dark Money Conservatives Have Their Eye on Wisconsin’s Top Court. We Can Stop Them.
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on why the upcoming Wisconsin State Supreme Court election is one of the most important elections of his life—and why we should all take notice.
Mandela Barnes