Rep. Mark Pocan announces he's endorsing Bernie Sanders in Wisconsin primary [View all]

[Uncle Joe]

MADISON – Rep. Mark Pocan, who didn’t back anyone in Wisconsin’s Democratic presidential primary in 2016, announced Thursday that this year he is endorsing Bernie Sanders, giving the Vermont senator a boost in the battleground state three months before its primary.

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Pocan, who also will be chairing Sanders’ Wisconsin campaign, is one of the most liberal members of Congress and co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. He said that he decided to endorse this year because he felt Sanders had a strong connection to his beliefs and the best chance of winning.

“We really can’t take another term of Donald Trump,” Pocan said. “To me, the single strongest candidate we have running, the most electable, the most likely to beat Donald Trump is Bernie Sanders.”

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Pocan is the first Democrat in Wisconsin’s congressional delegation to endorse anyone in the presidential race this year. Pocan is well known to Democrats in Wisconsin, having served in the state Legislature representing Madison for 14 years before being elected to Congress in 2012.

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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/01/16/bernie-sanders-wisconsin-mark-pocan-endorses-sanders/4487094002/