Friday, November 13, 2009

Sources confirm Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will run for governor

Politico and WisPolitics.com have reported that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will indeed run for governor in 2010, ending months of speculation.

Barrett is expected to make the formal announcement Sunday. Though highly speculated he would seek the highest office in the state, it still wasn’t known for sure what the Milwaukee mayor and former member of Congress would do.

But word leaked out earlier this evening from his own office. Barrett told city staff that he was preparing a run for governor, a Democratic insider said, and asked that his staff continue to work hard while he sought the office.

With Barrett in the race, it becomes a battle of Milwaukee-based politicians. Republican frontrunner Scott Walker (no relation to the author) is the current Milwaukee County Executive. A hard-line conservative, the two share very little in common besides proximity.

It should be an interesting race to watch. Be prepared, Wisconsin.

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