Full Name:
Mandela Barnes
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
12/01/1986
Birth Place:
Milwaukee, WI
Home City:
Milwaukee, WI
Religion:
Christian
BA, Mass Communication/Media Studies, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, 2003-2008
Lieutenant Governor, State of Wisconsin, 2019-2023
Candidate, United States Senate, Wisconsin, 2022
Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 2018
Former Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly, 2012-2016
Former Member, Corrections Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly
Former Member, Education Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly
Former Member, Jobs and the Economy Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly
Former Member, Small Business Development Committee, Wisconsin State Assembly
National Deputy Director of Strategic Engagement, State Innovation Exchange, 2016-present
Former Organizer, Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH)
Former Employee, Office of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett
Second Vice Chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin, 2017-present
Member, Citizen Action of Wisconsin Board
Member, Midwest Environmental Advocates Board
Member, NEWaukee Advisory Board
Member, One Wisconsin Now Board
Member, Social X Milwaukee (MKE), Limited Liability Company Advisory Board
Member, Working Families Party National Board
Awards:
2012, Democratic Party of Wisconsin's "Grassroots Organizer of the Year" Award