Kevin Nicholson, a former Marine and losing candidate for U.S. Senate who once called former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch “dumb as a bag of hammers,” announced Thursday that he would be running against her for governor, shaking up the race in the key battleground state.
An expensive and bruising Republican primary would be good news for Gov. Tony Evers who is seeking to overcome history and an expected bad year for Democrats nationwide to win a second term.
