MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Longtime Democratic Madison Mayor Paul Soglin joined the race for Wisconsin governor Wednesday, immediately tying Republican Gov. Scott Walker with President Donald Trump and attacking both of them as violating and undermining American principles of fairness and equality. Soglin became the ninth top-tier Democrat in a crowded field that will square off in the August primary. The winner will take on Walker as he seeks a third term in November in what will be his first race since his failed presidential run. Soglin, 72, hoped to tap into enthusiasm of the state’s most liberal voters in his base of Madison and in Milwaukee that helped propel Bernie Sanders to victory in the 2016 Democratic primary. Soglin promised to run a “supper club campaign,” hitting restaurants, diners and coffee shops across the state to introduce himself to voters.
