(The Center Square) – Kirk Bangstad is running out of options in his bid to become the Democrat candidate for governor in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to keep Bangstad off the August primary ballot. The Commission didn’t specifically talk about or to Bangstad, but Tuesday’s vote comes after the commission ruled last week that he did not have enough valid signatures to make the ballot.
Bangstad became famous for his “free beer” offer on Facebook.
Bangstad wrote in April “we almost got #freebeerday,” after the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents dinner.
“Either a brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship or he faked another assassination to get a positive news cycle,” Bangstad wrote. “We’ll never know. Regardless, we stand at the ready to pour free beer the day it happens.”
That prompted a Secret Service investigation. A few days later Bangstad announced his campaign for governor.
WisPolitics reported Tuesday that Bangstad is planning to sue to try and make the August ballot, but he was silent about that on his Facebook page.
Bangstad has also been excluded from this weekend’s Wisconsin Democrat State Convention. Bangstad was not given a speaking role at the convention, while the seven other candidates all got time on the stage.
Bangstad has also been left out of the recently announced Democrat Primary debate. Channel 12 on Tuesday announced it will hold a late-July debate between the seven candidates on the ballot. That list includes candidates Mandela Barnes, Joel Brennan, David Crowley, Francesca Hong, Missy Hughes, Sara Rodriguez and Kelda Roys.
