MADISON (WKOW) — Former state Rep. Brett Hulsey entered the race for governor on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

Hulsey is a Democrat who previously ran for governor in 2014. He lost in the primary by nearly 67%. Later that year, he left the Democratic primary and ran in the general election as an Independent.

Before his first gubernatorial run, Hulsey served in the State Assembly for two terms, representing part of the Madison area.

His time in office was marked by controversy. In 2012, he pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct citation after police accused him of flipping a boy off in an inner tube and taking pictures of the child at a Madison beach.

In 2013, one of his legislative staffers told police she feared for her safety because he brought a box cutter to the

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