Wisconsin Voters Choose Between Crowley and Tiffany
The winner will succeed retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and govern through the next presidential election. Wisconsin is a pivotal battleground: five of its last seven presidential contests were decided by less than one percentage point. The open governor’s race is the state’s first in 16 years.
Tiffany, a U.S. representative, has promised to return the state’s roughly $3 billion budget surplus to taxpayers, freeze property taxes and reduce income taxes. He has portrayed Crowley as soft on crime and supportive of data center construction, and argued Crowley’s plans for schools and health care would mean higher taxes.
Crowley, Milwaukee County’s elected executive, has emphasized affordability and criticized Tiffany’s ties to President Donald Trump, including Tiffany’s efforts to challenge Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin loss. Crowley has also blamed Tiffany’s support for the war in Iran for high gas prices. After previously voicing support for data centers, Crowley backed a construction moratorium in October; Tiffany has not endorsed one.
Crowley favors expanding Medicaid and funding public schools and child care, along with repealing Act 10, a state law that limited collective negotiations for most government employees. Tiffany backed the measure while serving in the state Legislature. If Crowley wins, Democrats would retain the governor’s office and he would be Wisconsin’s first Black governor. Republicans are seeking their first gubernatorial victory there since Scott Walker won in 2010; Democrats also hope to take control of both legislative chambers.
Wisconsin Can Reject Trump’s Ally and Make History
Wisconsin’s governor’s race is a choice between continuing Democratic control and elevating a Republican who backed efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state. Crowley has made Tiffany’s loyalty to Trump a central issue, linking it to high gas prices and criticizing Tiffany’s support for the war in Iran.
Crowley is running on affordability, expanded Medicaid coverage, stronger public-school funding and child care. He also supports undoing Act 10, which limited collective negotiations for most government employees. Tiffany backed the measure while serving in the state Legislature.
Tiffany promises tax cuts and a return of the state’s roughly $3 billion surplus, while attacking Crowley’s plans as costly and portraying him as weak on crime. But Tiffany has not called for a pause in data center construction, even as he has tried to make Crowley’s past support for data centers a campaign issue. Crowley backed a moratorium in October.
The victor will take over from departing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and hold the post through the next presidential contest in a state where presidential races are often exceptionally close. A Crowley victory would keep Democrats in the governor’s office and make him Wisconsin’s first Black governor. Democrats are also seeking control of both legislative chambers.
Tiffany Offers Wisconsin Tax Relief and a Republican Reset
Tom Tiffany is offering Wisconsin voters a change in leadership, promising to return the state’s roughly $3 billion surplus, freeze property taxes and lower income taxes. A win would give Republicans the governor’s office for the first time since Scott Walker’s 2010 victory.
Tiffany has cast Democrat David Crowley as weak on crime and warned that Crowley’s plans for health care and public schools would drive up taxes. He has also criticized Crowley’s earlier support for data centers. Crowley shifted his position in October to back a moratorium, while Tiffany has not called for construction to stop.
Crowley has put affordability at the center of his campaign and attacked Tiffany’s close relationship with President Donald Trump, including Tiffany’s support for efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 Wisconsin defeat. Crowley has also blamed Tiffany’s support for the war in Iran for high gas prices. Tiffany’s campaign argues for tax relief and economic development, while Crowley backs expanding Medicaid, funding schools and child care, and reversing Act 10, which Tiffany supported as a legislator.
The victor will take over from retiring Democrat Tony Evers and guide a closely divided battleground state into the next presidential election. Tiffany, a sitting member of Congress, is seeking to flip the office; Crowley is seeking to keep it under Democratic control and make history as Wisconsin’s first Black governor.
Reported by WTOP, CBS Chicago.
