Evers gets State Patrol protection following weekend threat

By: Associated Press//October 31, 2018//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers started receiving security protection from the Wisconsin State Patrol following an unspecified “issue” from the weekend.

Evers’ campaign manager, Maggie Gau, said on Wednesday that Evers started receiving protection from the patrol’s Dignitary Protection Unit this week. She referred questions about the reasons for that protection to the State Patrol.

A spokesman for the patrol said he was looking into the matter but had no immediate information.

Evers is locked in a tight re-election contest with Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican. Both candidates were traveling the state on Wednesday, six days before the election on Nov. 6.

Walker, as have past governors, receives protection from the State Patrol. Candidates for governor typically do not get that protection.

The decision to give Evers protections comes after high-profile Democrats across the country were sent mail bombs.

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