Wisconsin Sen. John Lehman, D-Racine, announced Monday he plans to run for lieutenant governor in the November 2014 election.
Lehman said in a statement he is well-prepared to serve as lieutenant governor because of his more than 20 years of public leadership. He cited his extensive public service as a state representative and his two former chair positions in the state Senate.
In the statement, Lehman also highlighted his progressive voting record, citing education as his most important issue. He also called himself an “environmental and pro-worker activist.”
The senator called Gov. Scott Walker’s approach to governing “extreme,” and said he was confident in his campaign’s ability to expose the “glaring failures of Walker-Kleefisch.”
“I know, as well as anyone, the need to defeat [Walker,]” Lehman said in the statement.
According to the statement, Lehman is both excited and encouraged by Mary Burke’s candidacy for governor but recognizes there could be other Democratic challengers to declare for governor.
