The Working-Class Candidate.

Though Barnes and Evers had both said they supported the right of athletes and others to protest racial injustice, Barnes stood for the anthem. Barnes wanted to do the event in the city of 67,000 because its plight speaks to the issues that are at the heart of his campaign against Ron Johnson, the state's constantly embattled Republican senator. Declaring victory as Wisconsin's Democratic nominee for the US Senate, Barnes reflected: "Growing up, I didn't see a lot of politicians who looked like me or a lot of politicians who shared my experience. FEATURES WHEN WISCONSIN'S UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNIONS ENDORSED Mandela Barnes for the US Senate earlier this year, they did not make the announcement in Milwaukee or Madison or Green Bay. [Extracted from the article]