Sara Rodriguez has announced that she is joining the Wisconsin 2026 governor race.
According to AP, the lieutenant governor of Wisconsin on Friday, July 25, became the first entrant to enter in the race for the governor of the Midwestern US state to replace retiring Gov. Anthony Tony Evers.
The former state legislator vowed to expand healthcare facilities and raise public school teachers’s salaries.
Rodriguez said in a video on her 50th birthday, “We’ve got a maniac in the White House. His tariffs are killing our farmers, and his policies are hurting our kids. Next, our legislature refuses to expand Medicaid, even though 41 other states have done it.”
“With a Democratic governor, we can finally expand Medicaid and boost our healthcare workforce, strengthen our farms, unions, and small businesses, fund our public schools, and give teachers the raise they’ve earned. That’s the right path,” she added.
The former emergency room nurse first won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 2020 and bagged victory after securing 76% of the vote to defeat Peng Her.
Rodriguez also criticised US President Donald Trump and called him a “maniac in the White House” who is killing farmers with tariffs and kids with his policies.
It is worth noting that Evers, who on Thursday announced he would not seek a third term, has so far not endorsed anyone.
