Former Governor Tommy Thompson announced that he will not run in the Republican gubernatorial primary. While Thompson said that former President Donald Trump encouraged him to run during a meeting in March, his family was against it. He also said that Trump did not disparage any of the other Republicans who are running in the primary. Similarly, Thompson did not endorse any of the candidates in the Republican primary. Thompson last ran for public office in the U.S. Senate election in 2012, losing to then U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin. He most recently completed a 21-month interim term as president of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System.
