MADISON – A state lawmaker who was disciplined by the Assembly leader over false election claims and who has repeatedly called on his colleagues to take the impossible action of overturning Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election results, appears to be running for governor.
A new campaign website says Rep. Timothy Ramthun, a Republican from Campbellsport, is running on a platform of election scrutiny and is endorsed by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow executive who has heavily promoted baseless election conspiracy theories.
"I'm a servant of, by, and for the people who believes in truth, transparency, and integrity," says a message attributed to Ramthun on the website. "I will call for an independent full forensic physical cyber audit for the November 2022 election, beginning with my race regardless of its outcome," the campaign website says.
"It's time we restore confidence in our elections process."
A Ramthun entry into the race would scramble the Republican primary for governor. Ramthun has been praised publicly and privately by former President Donald Trump for his push to undo the 2020 election result, a legally impossible task.
Wisconsin remains important to Trump, who began calling the 2020 contest into question before ballots here were even cast and continues to make false claims about an election outcome that has been confirmed by judges, audits and reviews.
Ramthun would join former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and U.S. Marine veteran Kevin Nicholson in the Republican...
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