Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he would welcome a campaign challenge from Madison Mayor Paul Soglin.
Soglin, a Democrat, said over the weekend he is considering a run against Walker in the 2018 governor’s race.
Speaking with reporters Monday at a press conference on the transportation budget in Fitchburg, Walker said he would “love to have that battle.”
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“He’s an unabashed, throwback to the 1960s radical liberal out there, and the idea that he thinks Bernie Sanders is a good model for him I think makes for a great contrast,” Walker said. “It probably does him well in Madison, I doubt it does well across the rest of the state.”
No high-profile Democratic candidates have filed to run against the governor.
Walker has said he won’t make his own official re-election announcement until after the state budget is complete.
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