High school teacher Shelly Moore announced her candidacy Tuesday against current State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, one of six Republicans up for recall.
Around 23,000 people signed the recall petition against Harsdorf, over 8,000 more signatures than necessary.
Moore criticized Harsdorf for hurting middle class families by supporting Gov. Scott Walker's policies.
""Instead of consensus and common ground, Harsdorf and her allies prefer divisive, extreme policies,"" Moore said in a statement. ""This is the time to unify under a common cause to find solutions.""
Harsdorf criticized special interests for finding the ""most outspoken"" and ""anti-reform"" spokesperson to represent their interests.
""The special interests simply get to choose their candidate in an attempt to keep the status quo that taxpayers can't afford and is bankrupting our state,"" Harsdorf said in a statement.
Harsdorf accused those special interests of perpetuating a ""mutual agenda of spend first, tax more and continued use of the credit card.""
The recall election, along with the other eight, will likely take place July 12.
