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Mandela Barnes: “We didn't take corporate PAC money, not a dime of corporate…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Mandela Barnes on the 2026 primary for governor of Wisconsin | Here & Now

Published | Video Starts at 02:27

And it feels as if everyday people don't have a voice in politics. I'm proud of, you know, my previous campaigns where we were grassroots, funded. We didn't take corporate PAC money, not a dime of corporate PAC money. And I look at this race and that's the same case. We're not taking corporate PAC money. But it is going to take about $50 million on the candidate side for me to raise and it shouldn't be that way. (02:27–02:31)

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