Mandela Barnes is the 45th Lt. Governor Wisconsin – the state’s second-ever Black statewide elected official and first-ever Black Lt. Governor. He started his career as an organizer, served in the Wisconsin legislature, and ran a record-breaking United States Senate campaign, where he came one point away from unseating a two-term incumbent in Wisconsin’s closest Senate election in 100 years. As Lt. Governor, Mandela worked closely with Governor Evers to help Wisconsin recover from the pandemic and served as the chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change. Determined to support other diverse and groundbreaking candidates across the country, Mandela founded the Long Run PAC. He also has returned to his organizing roots as President of Power to the Polls WI, an organization dedicated to empowering underserved voters in Wisconsin.
