MANDELA BARNES

Failed Senate candidate Mandela Barnes claims he didn’t receive enough support because he was one of many "candidates of color," according to a Politico report.

Axios labeled failed Wisconsin Democratic candidate Mandela Barnes the "almost winner" of last November's election, spurring Twitter users to mock the outlet.

Wisconsin was the closest Senate race Democrats lost, one that some say raises questions about the limits of the party’s support for progressive candidates, particularly Black ones.

Both political parties have unqualified or incompetent nominees, but only the Republicans’ pose a threat to the nation.

Voters deciding to split their tickets or buck their party altogether may have helped Democrats mount a stronger-than-expected performance in the recent midterm elections.

If Tuesday’s vote defied the durable history of presidential parties taking heavy losses in a midterm election, it also reinforced an often-forgotten fact: These campaigns are a patchwork of thousands of races, not a nationwide contest.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson won a third term, preventing Democrat Mandela Barnes from becoming the state's first Black Senator.

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes conceded in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race as incumbent Ron Johnson was declared the winner in the crucial election.

Sen. Ron Johnson's lead over Democrat Mandela Barnes was large enough after all the votes from Democratic strongholds in Wisconsin had been counted that Barnes couldn't close the gap. The AP determined that there were no more votes left to count in Democrat-leaning counties like Milwaukee and Dane and that Barnes couldn't catch up with the votes left to be tallied elsewhere. Barnes and Johnson got personal in the closing days of the race.

Johnson's seat was once considered to be one of the most vulnerable for the GOP this cycle.

MADISON, Wis. — (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defeated Democrat Mandela Barnes in the midterm elections, keeping a seat in GOP hands while turning back Barnes' attempt to make history as Wisconsin's first Black senator. The win for Johnson, one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest backers, came after Trump narrowly lost the state to President Joe Biden two years ago. “No matter what anyone says, we are committed to making sure every vote is counted,” Barnes’ campaign spokesperson Maddy McDaniel said earlier Wednesday morning. The race was one of a handful of tight Senate contests across the country that could determine which party holds majority control. Johnson has been a top target for Democrats in swing state Wisconsin.

Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has defeated Democrat Mandela Barnes to keep a seat in Republican hands.

The Democratic candidate hasn’t found a way to respond to Senator Ron Johnson’s attacks on crime, and is foundering in the polls as a result.

Ron Johnson has turned up the volume on the issue of race in his closing message to base voters, whose support will be crucial in his tight contest against Mandela Barnes, who would be the state's first Black senator.

Candidates on Friday sprinted toward the final weekend before the midterm elections with control of the chamber up for grabs.

The Cook Political Report adjusted its ratings in the Wisconsin Senate race from a toss-up to "Lean Republican," shifting another rating towards the GOP just days before the election.

Suburban White voters believe Republican ads painting Democrats as being weak on crime. Black voters say Republicans are playing on racial fears

Several Democratic Senate candidates took thousands in donations in September from a registered lobbyist for Huawei, a Chinese Communist Party-tied technology company.

Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson maintains a razor-thin edge over his Democratic opponent Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate race.

Control of the U.S. Senate could depend on results in a handful of states from next week’s midterm election. It was Warnock’s victory in the 2020 election that helped to swing control of the Senate to Democrats — something that could happen again this year. According to a poll conducted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the University of Georgia, the race is a dead heat less than a week before the election. Vance (R)Tim Ryan, a 10-term U.S. House member who wants to move on to the U.S. Senate, faces J.D. TWO-MAN RACE: With one week before the midterm elections, Fox News' Power Rankings put the Arizona Senate race as a toss-up.

Inflation and abortion are the top two issues to Wisconsinites in the Senate race according to a new Fox News poll, which has GOP Sen. Ron Johnson slightly ahead of challenger Mandela Barnes.

As one of the nation's critical U.S. Senate races nears an end, Johnson has reason to feel confident. And Johnson is hammering those themes in what amounts to his closing argument for voters to give him a third term over Democrat Mandela Barnes, the lieutenant governor. “These people are fundamentally destroying this country,” Johnson said of Barnes and Democrats at a campaign stop Monday. “That’s who he is.”The Wisconsin race is one of a handful that could be critical to which party controls the Senate. The former plastics manufacturer rode the tea party wave in 2010 to win his first Senate race over Sen. Russ Feingold, then beat Feingold in a rematch six years later.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Mandela Barnes are honing closing arguments in a Wisconsin race that could be critical in which party controls the U.S. Senate.

“Our white population is split down the middle and minority voters will make the decision," Reverend Greg Lewis, an influential organizer in Milwaukee's Black community, said in an interview. It's not older, religious Black voters he needs to worry about mobilizing. In the two weeks until Election Day, the Barnes campaign is doubling down on breaking through to young Black voters with events at Black student unions and elsewhere in the community. According to AP VoteCast, an expansive survey of more than 110,000 voters nationwide, 9 in 10 Black voters nationally backed Joe Biden in 2020. Older Black voters, like the aunts and grandmothers at King Solomon, said they planned to press their family members to vote.

In Wisconsin's tight U.S. Senate race, Democrat Mandela Barnes' chances to unseat two-term Sen. Ron Johnson may rest with how well he turns out Black voters who don't always show up in big numbers.

Senate candidate Mandela Barnes, touting his 'Wisconsin story,' focuses on manufacturing jobs, protecting family farms, schools and healthcare.

The tight Wisconsin Senate race between Incumbent Republican Ron Johnson and Democrat Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes will determine the future of the Senate.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and urging voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes.

Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes has a long history with Citizen Action of Wisconsin, a liberal nonprofit group that aims to make Wisconsin a sanctuary state.

MADISON, Wis. — (AP) — In-person early voting began Tuesday in battleground Wisconsin amid ongoing lawsuits affecting which ballots can be counted or tossed, recently ordered bans on drop boxes, and restrictions on who can return ballots. Feitlinger said he worries that voters will be confused about the absentee voting process. The Wisconsin Supreme Court in July banned absentee ballot drop boxes located anywhere other than in a local election clerk's office. A judge sided with Republicans in another lawsuit ruling that election clerks are not permitted to fill in missing witness address information. Nearly 259,000 absentee ballots had been returned as of Tuesday, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Former President Barack Obama has endorsed North Carolina U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley in a new campaign ad.

In-person early voting has begun in swing state Wisconsin amid ongoing lawsuits affecting which ballots can be counted or tossed, recently ordered bans on drop boxes, and restrictions on who can return ballots.

Democrats are worried that their party's top campaign committees are not providing Democratic candidates essential resources needed to win their races this fall.

The Senate race between Ron Johnson and Mandela Barnes is a battle between two visions of how jobs are made and kept.

Republicans now have an edge ahead of midterm elections thanks to battleground states like Arizona, Wisconsin and Georgia. Here's when the tide turned.

Democrats running in key 2022 midterm Senate races, including John Fetterman and Raphael Warnock, have more cash on hand than their Republican opponents.

He goes first to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams is taking on Republican Gov. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is facing a challenge from Republican Herschel Walker, a football star making his first bid for public office. In Michigan, Democratic Gov. In Wisconsin, Democratic Lt. Gov. Obama also hopes to give a boost to Democratic Gov.

Sen. Ron Johnson was booed Thursday night after turning a question about what he finds admirable in opponent Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes into a criticism.

The Wisconsin Republican rips the bureau after Democratic rival Mandela Barnes points out the FBI warned him he was being groomed to be a "Russian asset."

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes pulled no punches in Milwaukee.

“I know others say their fathers worked third shift, but I actually worked third shift," Johnson said, mentioning his first job as a 15-year-old dishwasher. The Senate Ethics Committee rejected a complaint filed by Democrats about the flights, saying Johnson did not violate federal law or Senate rules or standards of conduct. SOCIAL SECURITYJohnson defended saying that Social Security and Medicare funding should no longer be guaranteed and should instead compete with other government programs. “I want to save Social Security. “I never said I wanted to cut or put Social Security on the chopping block.”Barnes wasn't having it.

Wisconsin Senate Candidate Mandela Barnes reportedly reached out to President Barack Obama for aid in his flagging campaign. VP Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders may go to the state.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic challenger Mandela Barnes have gotten personal in their final debate before the Nov. 8 election, with each candidate attacking the other as being radical and out of touch with the average Wisconsin voter.

A Marquette University poll among registered voters in Wisconsin found that Ron Johnson is leading the Senate race, while the majority of respondents are worried about crime.

Left-leaning media networks and publications fretted over recent polling data which showed voters trust Republicans more than Democrats with regards to crime.

MSNBC host Tiffany Cross complained that Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., wasn't losing to his Democratic opponent Mandela Barnes in their race for U.S. Senate.

Wisconsin Senate candidates Mandela Barnes, a Democrat, and incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson squared off on crime, guns and more in a Friday debate.

Johnson, seeking his third term, and Barnes, Wisconsin's lieutenant governor, agreed to a one-hour, televised debate hosted by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association in Milwaukee. Abortion, crime and inflation have dominated the race. An 1849 law banning abortion led clinics in Wisconsin to stop providing abortion services after the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision that protected abortion rights. Polls have repeatedly shown a majority of Wisconsinites support abortion rights. If elected, Barnes would be the state's first Black senator.

Democrat Mandela Barnes said he will accept the results of the Wisconsin Senate election, after alleging the 2016 election was "rigged."

MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell defended Democrat Senate candidate Mandela Barnes's record on his opposition to the police and portrayed Republicans who criticize him in a negative light.

Republicans have closed the gap in crucial races in Wisconsin. Incumbent Ron Johnson has taken the lead against his challenger as election day nears.

The GOP is leading in Wisconsin's Senate and governor's race among Republican and Independent voters, while Democrats continue to make abortion the center of their midterm focus.

MADISON, Wis. — (AP) — Far from shying from his contrarian reputation, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Jonson is leaning into controversy as he runs for his third term. Scott Walker's first campaign, said Johnson is simply defining Barnes and moving independents into his own camp. When he's not attacking Barnes, Johnson is talking about issues that politicians facing an election typically avoid. said Mark Graul, a Republican strategist who ran Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's 2004 state campaign. Johnson recently said that questions about Wisconsin's abortion ban should be decided by a statewide vote, but when Democratic Gov.

Far from shying from his contrarian reputation, Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Jonson is leaning into controversy as he runs for his third term. Johnson has called for the end of guaranteed money for Medicare and Social Security, two popular programs that American politicians usually steer clear from.

Republicans are increasingly centering their midterms pitches on crime, prompting accusations of racism from Democrats but also fears the attacks may resonate.

Threats to the democracy was the most important factor to likely Democrat voters in Wisconsin over abortion and the economy, while the GOP's priority remains inflation.

Since Reconstruction, voters have elected just seven Black U.S. senators and two Black governors. This year, 16 Black candidates — 13 Democrats and three Republicans — are major party nominees for those offices.

As Biden attends Labor Day events in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, Democratic stars like Fetterman and Barnes keep a careful distance.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, logged more than 10 times as many hours of security than his predecessor, an issue that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is raising in the hotly contested race. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday that Barnes averaged more than 13½ hours of security protection a day — including weekdays, weekends and holidays — at a daily cost to the state of $660 for patrol officers’ wages. Barnes' increased use of security was an issue early in his term as lieutenant governor, and now Johnson is raising it again in the context of his reelection campaign.

Businessman Tim Michels has won Wisconsin's Republican nomination to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Support has coalesced around Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to be the Democratic choice to take on Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in the state's closely watched U.S. Senate race.

Democratic hopefuls in Wisconsin see abortion as the issue that will carry them to election wins in November, but efforts to reach Black voters on the topic are sparse.

Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski has dropped out of the state's Democratic U.S. Senate primary.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has emerged as the clear favorite in what had been a crowded Democratic field seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, as his nearest rival dropped out and threw his support behind Barnes.

Wisconsin Democrats looking to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson are focusing their attacks on him, and not each other, as each of the eight candidates make their case to party activists at the state convention held six weeks before the primary.

A crowded field of Democrats is trying to figure out a winning strategy to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin in November.

Democrats in the crowded primary race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin are trying to distinguish themselves through traditional campaign tactics, like million-dollar television ad buys and policy papers.

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes has joined the crowded Democratic field for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is making it official, announcing his bid for a second term in the battleground state where he stands as a Democratic block to the Republican-controlled state Legislature.