Gronick withdraws from the race for governor

[dragonlady]

Unexpected news from the Journal-Sentinel this morning:

Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik ended his campaign against Gov. Scott Walker Thursday.

His announcement comes a day after the release of a Marquette University Law School poll that revealed Gronik continued to struggle to make an impact with voters and had received just 4% support from Democratic voters polled.

Gronik is the first of 10 Democratic candidates with serious campaigns to drop out of the race ahead of an Aug. 14 primary. He was one of the first Democratic candidates to announce a bid to unseat Walker, and has spent a considerable amount of his own money to challenge the two-term governor.

This must have been a very sudden decision. I know he was at the Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee yesterday with other candidates who were meeting voters--Kathleen Vinehout, Matt Flynn, and Mahlon Mitchell (possibly others).

[Heartstrings]

1. K & R for exposure

[underthematrix]

2. Josh Pade is the guy. All the others should drop out

[dragonlady]

3. My own preference is Kathleen Vinehout

She has first-hand experience in many aspects of Wisconsin government gleaned from twelve years as a senator, more than any of the others. All the candidates have the same basic positions on the important issues, so the critical issue is: who can beat Scott Walker? Vinehout has won three times in a district that went for Walker three times and also for Trump. She's a special kind of person who shows that she cares about people first, and in fact that's the motto of her campaign: "People First."

[dembotoz]

4. Was leaning gronik

Not sure if I really like any of the others.
Going from general ambivalence to oh fuck no

[Still In Wisconsin]

5. Looks like it will be milquetoast Tony Evers

Aw golly that Scott Walker’s not so good ya know he’s mean and he spits on kindergarten teachers aw shucks darnit “

[BlueWI]

6. What's milquetoast about Evers?

Are there questions about his performance as DPI administrator? He has run a large and important agency effectively, and it might be good in this cycle to nominate a non-controversial figure.

[milestogo]

7. Gronick apparently gave his email list to Kelda Roys

which I didn't appreciate.