Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the Wisconsin Democratic governor primary Friday, citing her campaign’s mishandling of financial reports.
Her departure from the race is a blow to the state’s more establishment wing, leaving two progressives — former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and state lawmaker Francesca Hong — as the leading Democratic candidates in the battleground state.
Rodriguez announced earlier this week that she fired her campaign manager for inflating how much money the campaign raised by double counting contributions and for failing to report certain expenses that had been paid.
The lieutenant governor’s opponents seized on the…
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