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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Beaumont

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez quits Democratic governor's race over campaign finance problems

Election 2026 Wisconsin Governor - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez abandoned her Democratic primary campaign for governor on Friday, citing financial concerns she said would be a distraction were she to continue running in the Midwestern battleground state.

The move comes just days after Rodriguez, a leading establishment Democrat from the pivotal Milwaukee suburbs, fired her campaign manager after discovering her campaign had hundreds of thousands of dollars less on hand than expected.

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