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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