Wisconsin Senate candidate Mandela Barnes reportedly reached out to former President Barack Obama for aid in his flagging campaign. VP Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders may go to the state.
called on former President Barack Obama for help after he began slipping in the polls for his Wisconsin Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, Politico reported Thursday.in recent days in hopes of getting the popular former president to make an appearance in the final days before Election Day, the outlet reported. Obama isn't the only high-level Democrat who may appear in Wisconsin soon, however, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Johnson and his allies found success in going after Barnes as a soft-on-crime candidate at a time when rates of violent crimes like murder and rape are spiking across the country.Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally to support Michigan Democratic candidates at Detroit Cass Tech High School in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 26, 2018.
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