- Alex Lasry withdraws from the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination race in Wisconsin.
- He spent more than $12 million on his campaign only to abandon it less than two weeks before the primary.
- Instead, Democrats rally behind Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes to take on Ron Johnson.
Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry will withdraw his candidacy for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in Wisconsin, according to party leaders, as Democrats rally behind Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes to take against Republican Ron Johnson.
Lasry, who spent more than $12 million on his campaign only to abandon it less than two weeks before the primary, endorsed Barnes despite trailing him in opinion polls by a few percentage points. On Monday, another Democratic candidate, Tom Nelson, resigned from the contest and endorsed Barnes.
“I am so grateful to Alex for all of the work he’s done to move Wisconsin forward, and I’m proud to have his endorsement,” Barnes said in a statement. “We are going to unite Wisconsinites from every corner of the state to defeat Ron Johnson.”
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