Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez suspended her gubernatorial campaign on Friday, just days after reporting “serious mismanagement and inaccuracies” in campaign finance filings and accusing her former campaign manager of vastly overstating her fundraising totals.
“I am deeply hurt and betrayed by what happened,” Rodriguez said in a video message posted on social media. “I cannot in good conscience let these questions become a cloud over an election that Democrats need to win. Wisconsin deserves better than that.”
The Democrat’s exit from the race comes less than a month before the state’s Aug. 11 primary.