MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee businessman Andy Gronik announced on Thursday, June 21 that he is suspending his campaign for governor of Wisconsin. That leaves nine Democrats in the field looking to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Gronik issued the following statement in a news release:
On Wednesday, a new Marquette University Law School Poll found one in three Wisconsin voters remains undecided on August primary candidates in each party. Among Democratic primary voters, 34 percent say that they don’t know which of 10 candidates they will support for the gubernatorial nomination to run against Gov. Walker in November. Gronik trailed Tony Evers in this latest poll.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Martha Laning issued this response to Gronik's announcement: