Bill McCoshen Not Running for Wisconsin Governor
Scratch one candidate off the list of potential gubernatorial candidates in Wisconsin.
Bill McCoshen on Wednesday said he is not running.
McCoshen said he and his family decided not to be a candidate.
Who is Bill McCoshen?
Bill McCoshen is a former Tommy Thompson staffer, and was one of the top names on the list of possible Republican candidates.
McCoshen this week finalized the sale of his lobbying firm, Capitol Consultants, to the lobbying arm of Milwaukee law firm Michael Best & Friedrich.
“I know what it takes to win statewide,” McCoshen said in a statement. “To run the type of positive, issue-oriented grassroots campaign we wanted to run required time and money. You need both to raise name ID statewide. While I’m confident we could have raised the money, the reality was we lost too much precious time trying to close on the sale of our primary business.”
Bill McCoshen’s decision not to run certainly benefits Rebecca Kleefisch the most.
McCoshen will be joining