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Governor

Wisconsin
Statewide

Election day: November 3, 2026

Two tickets for governor and lieutenant governor are on Wisconsin's sample ballot.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 22, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 22, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Tom Tiffany

Republican

Lt. governor: David Varnam

One stated goal End what he calls the 400-year property tax increase, then freeze property taxes.

One checked action Lead Senate author of the iron mining bill, which passed the Senate 17-16 and became 2013 Wisconsin Act 1.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

Governor candidates file with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, and state law limits how that data may be reused, so we link to it instead.

David Crowley

Democratic

Lt. governor: Sarah Godlewski

One stated goal Take his county small-business grant program statewide.

One checked action Co-authored a resolution declaring abortion health care. It never got a vote.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

Governor candidates file with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, and state law limits how that data may be reused, so we link to it instead.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

  • Tom TiffanyRepublicanLt. governor: David Varnam
  • David CrowleyDemocraticLt. governor: Sarah Godlewski

The sample ballot also includes an unnamed write-in line.

Source: La Crosse County Clerk official sample ballot

Checked September 2, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Tom Tiffany

Background

  • U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th District since winning a special election in May 2020.
  • Elected to the state Assembly in 2010 and the state Senate in 2012.
  • Grew up on a dairy farm near Elmwood and worked as a dam tender.
  • His running mate for lieutenant governor is David Varnam.

What they say they want to do

  • End what he calls the 400-year property tax increase, then freeze property taxes.
  • Cut income taxes 10 percent for working families earning under $150,000.
  • End state income taxes on tips and overtime.
  • Ban China and other foreign adversaries from buying Wisconsin farmland and homes.
  • Audit every state agency and program for waste and fraud.

What the official record shows

  • Lead Senate author of the iron mining bill, which passed the Senate 17-16 and became 2013 Wisconsin Act 1.
  • Lead author of the 2017 bill ending the sulfide mining moratorium. It passed as the Assembly's copy and became 2017 Wisconsin Act 134.
  • Voted yes on the gray wolf delisting bill, which passed the House 211-204. It is not law.
  • Voted no on extending the larger health insurance tax credits. The bill passed the House 230-196.
  • His bill to make the Apostle Islands a national park cleared a House committee 20-17.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, and state law limits how that data may be reused, so we link to it instead.

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Commission

David Crowley

Background

  • Milwaukee County Executive since 2020. Won a second term in April 2024 with 84.52 percent of the vote, by the county's unofficial count.
  • Represented Milwaukee's 17th Assembly District, first elected in 2016.
  • Before that he was a legislative aide and a political organizer.
  • His running mate for lieutenant governor is Sarah Godlewski.

What they say they want to do

  • Take his county small-business grant program statewide.
  • Universal early childhood education and more money for public schools.
  • A 7 percent cap on what families pay out of pocket for child care, and paid family leave.
  • Invest in solar power and energy retrofits.
  • Protect voting rights and push for nonpartisan redistricting.

What the official record shows

  • Co-authored a resolution declaring abortion health care. It never got a vote.
  • Voted yes on the bill to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, which passed the Assembly 95-0.
  • Co-authored the follow-up youth prison law, 2019 Wisconsin Act 8.
  • Signed the extra 0.4 percent county sales tax that Act 12 allowed, after the County Board passed it 15-3.
  • Signed the county's climate plan after the County Board passed it 17-1.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Governor candidates file with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, and state law limits how that data may be reused, so we link to it instead.

Source: Wisconsin Ethics Commission

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLeans Democratic

    Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

The reporting reviewed so far centers on one poll. Its sponsor, field dates, sample, methodology, and uncertainty need separate review before publication.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Public statement

Four Wisconsin governor debate claims checked

From the October 21 WISN 12 debate. Tom Tiffany's votes for the 2015 law that set up the Elections Commission, the 2015 20-week abortion law and the 2019 budget match the Legislature's records, as does his seat on the budget committee in 2015, 2017 and 2019. His vote for the final 2025 law with the $50 billion rural health fund matches too; Wisconsin's first-year award is about $203.7 million.

Named in this record: Tom Tiffany

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources.

Republican

Tom Tiffany

U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 7th District since 2020. Running with David Varnam for lieutenant governor.

Public profiles

  • X @TomTiffanyWIListed as his campaign account by PBS Wisconsin. His House office has separate accounts.
  • Facebook TomTiffanyWIListed as his campaign account by PBS Wisconsin.
  • Instagram @tomtiffanyWIListed as his campaign account by PBS Wisconsin.

Democratic

David Crowley

Milwaukee County Executive. Running with Sarah Godlewski for lieutenant governor.

Public profiles

  • X @DavidCCrowleyLinked from his campaign site.
  • Facebook CrowleyForWiLinked from his campaign site.
  • Instagram @crowleyforwiLinked from his campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Health care

Tiffany's campaign opposes extending the enhanced health-insurance subsidies and favors more choice and competition. Crowley's would expand mobile outreach, addiction treatment and emergency medical services. Tiffany voted for an association-health-plan bill and against extending the larger premium tax credits; neither is law. He also backed the 2025 law setting aside $50 billion over five years for rural health. Wisconsin's first-year award is about $203.7 million; later awards were not established.

What each campaign says

Tom Tiffany

Against extending the pandemic-era health insurance subsidies: “bailing out insurers again is not the solution.” Wants more choice and competition instead.

David Crowley

Would expand mobile outreach, addiction treatment and emergency medical services across the state.

Energy and climate

Tiffany's campaign would stop closing reliable power plants and back next-generation nuclear power. Crowley's campaign would invest in solar, energy retrofits and clean infrastructure. Tiffany voted for a House bill letting federal regulators order a plant to keep running if service is likely to fall short; it is not law. Crowley's campaign says he nearly halved county emissions; county operations cut them 46% from 2005 to 2023, about three-quarters before he took office in 2020.

What each campaign says

Tom Tiffany

Would stop closing reliable power plants and back next-generation nuclear power. In Congress he urged regulators to keep coal plants open, citing manufacturing and data centers.

David Crowley

Would invest in solar power, energy retrofits and clean infrastructure, which he says will create union jobs.

Taxes and local government

Tiffany's campaign would freeze property taxes and cut income taxes 10% for working families. Crowley's campaign would change state aid to cities and counties and lower property taxes. On the record, Tiffany voted for the 2025 law giving a capped tax break on tips and overtime through 2028. Crowley's campaign says he led passage of a 2023 state aid law; records show he joined the talks with other local officials, not that he led them.

What each campaign says

Tom Tiffany

Would end what he calls the “400-year property tax increase,” freeze property taxes and cut income taxes 10 percent for working families.

David Crowley

Would change how the state shares money with cities and counties, while lowering property taxes and giving local leaders more say.

Public safety

Tiffany's campaign would back police, oppose early release for violent criminals and sex offenders, and ban sanctuary policies. Crowley's campaign would change state funding so cities and counties can pay for police and fire departments, and says he put opioid settlement money into treatment and prevention. On the record, Crowley voted for the 2018 law ordering the state's youth prisons closed and co-wrote the 2019 follow-up that moved the deadline to July 2021.

What each campaign says

Tom Tiffany

Would back police, end “soft-on-crime policies” and oppose early release for murderers, violent criminals and sex offenders. Would ban sanctuary policies statewide.

David Crowley

Would change state funding so cities and counties can pay for “well-trained police and fire departments.” Says he put county opioid settlement money into treatment and prevention.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says he wrote the bill to take the gray wolf off the endangered list, and that it passed the House with votes from both parties.

What the record shows ·

Congress lists Lauren Boebert as sponsor and him as a cosponsor from day one, his office says they introduced it together, and it passed the House 211-204 with five Democratic votes.

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What they say

His House office says he wrote the bill to take the gray wolf off the endangered list, and that it passed the House with votes from both parties.

“He authored the Pet and Livestock Protection Act”

What the record shows ·

The bill, H.R. 845, names Rep. Lauren Boebert as sponsor. Tiffany signed on as a cosponsor the day it was filed. The House passed it 211-204 on December 18, 2025, with his vote and five Democratic votes. It has sat in a Senate committee since.

Limit: Congress lists one sponsor per bill, so the record can't show who wrote it. His office's earlier release says he and Boebert introduced it together.

Matches stated direction

What they say

He says extending the pandemic-era health insurance subsidies would bail out insurers, and that more choice and competition would lower premiums instead.

What the record shows ·

He voted for a bill expanding association health plans and against one extending the larger premium tax credits, and neither is law.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

He says extending the pandemic-era health insurance subsidies would bail out insurers, and that more choice and competition would lower premiums instead.

“bailing out insurers again is not the solution”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 6703, which expands association health plans, adds oversight of drug-benefit managers and funds cost-sharing payments. It passed 216-211. Three weeks later he voted against H.R. 1834, which extends the larger premium tax credits. It passed 230-196. Neither is law.

Limit: His votes match what he said. Whether either bill would lower premiums is a forecast this record can't test.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says his bill to help a small business in Wabeno passed the House.

What the record shows ·

His bill to transfer national forest land to a Wabeno concrete company passed the House 410-1 in July 2025, and the Senate has not voted on it.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His House office says his bill to help a small business in Wabeno passed the House.

“Tiffany's Legislation to Help Wabeno Small Business Clears House”

What the record shows ·

He sponsored H.R. 3937, which would transfer a piece of national forest land to a Wabeno concrete company. The House passed it 410-1 on July 22, 2025. A Senate committee backed it in June 2026, and it has been on the Senate calendar since July 2026.

Limit: Passing the House is not becoming law. The Senate has not voted.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His House office says his bill to make the Apostle Islands Wisconsin's first national park cleared a House committee.

What the record shows ·

The Natural Resources Committee voted 20-17 on February 11, 2026 to send his bill to the House with changes, and the House has not voted on it.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His House office says his bill to make the Apostle Islands Wisconsin's first national park cleared a House committee.

“Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 5497 in September 2025. On February 11, 2026, the Natural Resources Committee voted 20-17 to send it to the House, with changes. The House has not voted on it.

Limit: A committee vote is an early step. The bill is not law.

Record does not bear out the claim

What they say

Running for governor, he said he helped write the state's last mining law, and that it gave local communities control.

“We also provided for local control”

What the record shows ·

In 2017 he was lead author of Senate Bill 395, which ended the state's “prove it first” limit on sulfide mining. It passed as the Assembly's copy, which he cosponsored and voted for, and became 2017 Wisconsin Act 134. The Act has the state post mine plans locally and notify local clerks and libraries, but notice to local governments was already law. It also repealed the section that let local governments take part as a party in the permit hearing.

Limit: He didn't name the bill; we read it as the 2017 law, the last one he led. Mines must still meet local zoning, but that rule is older than the Act, and local governments can still ask for a hearing after the state decides.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign site says he voted to end federal taxes on tips and overtime.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2025 law letting workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips and $12,500 of extra overtime pay through 2028, which caps the tax break rather than ending the tax.

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What they say

His campaign site says he voted to end federal taxes on tips and overtime.

“I voted to eliminate federal taxes on tips and overtime”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 in May and July 2025. It became law on July 4, 2025. It lets workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips and up to $12,500 of the extra pay for overtime from federal income tax, through 2028. The deductions shrink for incomes over $150,000.

Limit: His vote is on record. The law caps the tax break and ends it after 2028; it doesn't end the tax.

Matches stated direction

What they say

In a 2025 letter, he asked Wisconsin's utility regulators to keep all of the state's power plants running and not close coal plants early.

What the record shows ·

He voted for a House bill letting federal regulators order a plant to keep running if service is likely to fall short, which passed 222-202 and is not law.

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What they say

In a 2025 letter, he asked Wisconsin's utility regulators to keep all of the state's power plants running and not close coal plants early.

“we must keep all of our current power plants online”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 3632, which would let federal regulators, on a complaint from a state utility commission or grid operator, order a power plant to keep running if service is likely to fall short. It would also make owners give five years' notice before closing one. It passed the House 222-202 on December 16, 2025, and sits in a Senate committee.

Limit: His letter asked state regulators to keep plants open; this bill would let federal regulators order it. It is not law.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that as a state lawmaker he co-sponsored a 2017 resolution declaring that abortion is health care.

What the record shows ·

He is one of 13 Assembly authors of the 2017 resolution, which went to the Rules Committee and never got a vote.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that as a state lawmaker he co-sponsored a 2017 resolution declaring that abortion is health care.

“co-sponsored Assembly Joint Resolution 10 (2017), which declared that abortion is health care”

What the record shows ·

Assembly Joint Resolution 10, filed February 24, 2017, states the Legislature's declaration that abortion is health care. Crowley is one of its 13 Assembly authors. It went to the Rules Committee and never got a vote.

Limit: A resolution states a view. It would not have changed any law.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he co-wrote legislation to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, the state's youth prisons, and replace them with smaller sites closer to home.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2018 closing law, which a committee wrote, and co-wrote the 2019 follow-up law that kept the plan going and moved the deadline to July 2021.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he co-wrote legislation to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, the state's youth prisons, and replace them with smaller sites closer to home.

“He co-authored legislation to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake”

What the record shows ·

In 2017 he co-wrote a bill for a youth facility in Milwaukee County, closer to home. It died. The 2018 law that ordered the closing had no named authors; a committee wrote it. He voted for it, and it passed the Assembly 95-0. In 2019 he co-wrote the follow-up law, 2019 Wisconsin Act 8, which kept the plan going and moved the closing deadline from January 1 to July 1, 2021.

Limit: The law he co-wrote was a follow-up, not the one that first ordered the closing.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he has already cut Milwaukee County's emissions nearly in half.

What the record shows ·

County operations cut emissions 46% from 2005 to 2023, but about three-quarters of that drop came before he took office in 2020.

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What they say

His campaign says he has already cut Milwaukee County's emissions nearly in half.

“He's already cut emissions nearly 50% in Milwaukee County”

What the record shows ·

County operations cut emissions 46 percent from 2005 to 2023, from 209,154 metric tons to 113,789. By 2019, the year before he took office, they were already down about 35 percent, to 136,347. About three-quarters of the drop came before he was county executive. In May 2026 the county put the cut at 48 percent through 2024.

Limit: County operations cut emissions 46% from 2005 to 2023, but about three-quarters of that came before he took office in 2020.

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says he led the passage of Wisconsin Act 12, which raised state aid to cities and counties.

What the record shows ·

State lawmakers wrote Act 12. He testified, backed it in writing and signed the county tax it allowed. His account puts him in shared talks, without establishing leadership.

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What they say

His campaign says he led the passage of Wisconsin Act 12, which raised state aid to cities and counties.

“He led on the passage of Wisconsin Act 12”

What the record shows ·

Act 12 became law on June 20, 2023. It changed state aid to cities and counties and let Milwaukee County add a sales tax. Its authors were state lawmakers. He spoke at both committee hearings in May 2023, registered for information rather than for the bill. His written testimony backs it, calls it “truly historic progress” and says lawmakers spent “countless hours” with him and other local officials. In July the County Board passed the extra 0.4 percent county sales tax the Act allowed, and he signed it.

Why there is no assessment here

Records show he was one of several local officials in the talks, but not that he led them.

Limit: The hours of talks are his own account. The lead Senate author thanks Milwaukee's “newly elected leadership” but names no one.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he helped write three state budgets as a legislator, and that he helped write the 2019 budget, which he said had the largest increase in school funding and a tax cut.

What the record shows ·

He sat on the budget committee in 2015, 2017 and 2019, and voted for the 2019 budget in committee and in the Senate, which cut the second income tax bracket rate.

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What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he helped write three state budgets as a legislator, and that he helped write the 2019 budget, which he said had the largest increase in school funding and a tax cut.

What the record shows ·

He sat on the Legislature's budget committee, the Joint Committee on Finance, in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 sessions. In June 2019 the committee voted 12-4 to send that year's budget, Assembly Bill 56, to the floor; he was one of the 12. He voted for it in the Senate, where it passed 17-16. Governor Evers signed it with partial vetoes on July 3, 2019, as 2019 Wisconsin Act 9. The Act lowered the rate on the second income tax bracket from 5.84 to 5.21 percent.

Limit: The committee writes the budget as a group; the record can't show his own part. We checked his votes only on the 2019 budget. We did not total that budget's tax changes, or check his claims that taxes went down in every budget and that 2019 had the largest school funding increase.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he was one of the lawmakers who voted to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission about a decade ago.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2015 bill that reorganized the Government Accountability Board and set up the Elections Commission; it passed the Senate 18-14.

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What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said he was one of the lawmakers who voted to create the Wisconsin Elections Commission about a decade ago.

What the record shows ·

Assembly Bill 388 reorganized the Government Accountability Board, and the law it became sets up the Elections Commission. He voted for it in the Senate on November 6, 2015, where it passed 18-14. The governor signed it with a partial veto on December 16, 2015, as 2015 Wisconsin Act 118.

Limit: This checks his vote, not how the Commission has worked since.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said that as a state senator about a decade ago he voted for a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks, about five months, and that it is now Wisconsin law.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2015 bill banning abortion at 20 or more weeks after fertilization, with a medical emergency exception, and it is still in state law.

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What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said that as a state senator about a decade ago he voted for a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks, about five months, and that it is now Wisconsin law.

What the record shows ·

Senate Bill 179 bans abortion once the probable postfertilization age is 20 weeks or more, unless the woman faces a medical emergency. He voted for it on June 9, 2015; it passed the Senate 19-14 and the Assembly 61-34. The governor signed it on July 20, 2015, as 2015 Wisconsin Act 56. The ban is still in the state statutes, section 253.107.

Limit: The law counts the 20 weeks from fertilization. Its exception is a medical emergency.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said Congress authorized a $50 billion rural health program, and that Wisconsin will get $200 million from it.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the final 2025 law that sets aside $50 billion over five years for rural health; Wisconsin's first-year award is about $203.7 million.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 21 WISN 12 debate, Tiffany said Congress authorized a $50 billion rural health program, and that Wisconsin will get $200 million from it.

What the record shows ·

The Rural Health Transformation Program is in the final version of H.R. 1. He voted for that final bill on July 3, 2025, and it became law on July 4, 2025. It sets aside $10 billion a year for 2026 through 2030, $50 billion in all, for the program. Wisconsin's Department of Health Services says it received a first-year award of $203,670,005 from CMS.

Limit: $200 million is Wisconsin's first-year award; the later years have not been announced. His separate claim of $1 billion more for Medicaid was not checked.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. Tiffany's iron mining bill becomes law

    The iron mining bill he led in the state Senate becomes 2013 Wisconsin Act 1. It had passed the Senate 17-16.

  2. Crowley co-authors abortion resolution

    Assembly Joint Resolution 10 declares abortion health care. It never gets a vote.

  3. Sulfide mining moratorium ends

    The bill Tiffany led becomes 2017 Wisconsin Act 134, passed as the Assembly's copy. The Senate vote was 19-14, with his vote.

  4. Assembly votes to close Lincoln Hills

    The bill that becomes 2017 Wisconsin Act 185 passes the Assembly 95-0, with Crowley's vote.

  5. Youth prison follow-up law

    2019 Wisconsin Act 8 becomes law. Crowley was a co-author in the Assembly and Tiffany a cosponsor in the Senate.

  6. Crowley is county executive

    His first appointment letter as county executive is dated May 6, 2020. A county memo of April 10 still names Chris Abele in the job.

  7. Milwaukee County adds a sales tax

    Using power from Act 12, the County Board passes an extra 0.4 percent sales tax, 15-3, and Crowley signs it.

  8. Crowley wins a second term

    He gets 84.52 percent of the vote for county executive, by the county's unofficial election-night count.

  9. County climate plan adopted

    The County Board passes the Climate Action 2050 Plan 17-1, and Crowley signs it the next day.

  10. Tips and overtime tax break becomes law

    H.R. 1 becomes law after the House agrees to it 218-214, with Tiffany's vote.

  11. House passes wolf bill

    H.R. 845 passes 211-204, with Tiffany's vote. It has not moved in the Senate.

  12. Tiffany votes no on health credits

    The House passes H.R. 1834, extending the larger premium tax credits, 230-196. Tiffany votes no.

  13. The ballot is set

    The official sample ballot prints two tickets for governor: Tiffany and Varnam, and Crowley and Godlewski, plus a write-in line.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
Official sample ballot PDF created August 26, 2026; reviewed September 2, 2026.
Candidate field
Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Nov 11, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

  • BallotIncluded

    2 printed candidates, checked September 2, 2026 against the official election record.

  • Race outlookIncluded

    1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Nov 11, 2026.

  • Reported contextNot yet

    The reporting reviewed so far centers on one poll. Its sponsor, field dates, sample, methodology, and uncertainty need separate review before publication.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    15 statement-to-action comparisons across 2 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.

  • Campaign financeNot yet

    No campaign-finance snapshot is published for this race yet.

  • PollingNot yet

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Sources93 source records

Snapshot as of Nov 11, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/wisconsin-governor-2026

How we use sources

  1. La Crosse County Clerk official sample ballot (document)
    Official sample ballot, November 3, 2026

    La Crosse County Clerk · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Prints two tickets for governor and lieutenant governor, Tiffany and Varnam (Republican) and Crowley and Godlewski (Democratic), plus a write-in line. Read 2026-09-23; sha256 1dbfdb40.

    official election record

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  2. How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-governor/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  4. Rep. Thomas P. Tiffany, member recordhttps://www.congress.gov/member/thomas-tiffany/T000165

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Wisconsin's 7th District, service beginning in the 116th Congress in 2020. Bioguide ID taken from the by-state member list.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money

  5. Tom Tiffany, candidate entryhttps://pbswisconsin.org/candidate/tom-tiffany/

    PBS Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Lists his campaign site and his X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts. Used to find his accounts because his campaign site blocked our reader.

    social profile

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  6. Milwaukee County Climate Action 2050 Plan (April 2025) (document)

    Milwaukee County · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The county's climate plan, filed as File 25-262. Gives county operations' emissions as 209,154 metric tons in 2005 and 113,789 in 2023, a 46 percent drop, and lists David Crowley as County Executive. The Board resolution on the same file prints 2005 as 207,154, which would give 45 percent; the desk uses the plan's figure. The plan's 2005 and 2016-2022 figures come from the county's ClearPath inventories; its 2023 vehicle-fleet figure was modeled on 2022 data.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; David Crowley: Cutting county carbon emissions

  7. Crowley for Wisconsin, homehttps://www.crowleyforwi.com/

    Crowley for Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-23; carries a "Paid for by Crowley for Wisconsin" line. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  8. About Rep. Tom Tiffanyhttps://tiffany.house.gov/about

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His House office's biography: elected in a May 2020 special election, earlier in the state Assembly and Senate, raised on a dairy farm near Elmwood.

    official office record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money

  9. Senator Thomas Tiffany, 2019 sessionhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/senate/1922

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Legislature's biography: dam tender for the Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company; elected to the Assembly in 2010 and the Senate from 2012.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money

  10. Tom Tiffany's Plan for a Brighter Future for Wisconsinhttps://tomtiffany.com/solutions/

    Tiffany for Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His governor platform. Confirmed as his: the campaign site's other pages carry a “Paid for by Tiffany for Wisconsin” line. The site blocks our reader, so the owner loaded it in a browser on 2026-09-23, and quotes are checked against that saved copy.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Energy and climate; Taxes and local government; Public safety; Tom Tiffany: Federal taxes on tips and overtime

  11. 2013 Senate Bill 1, iron mininghttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/proposals/sb1

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced by Senators Tiffany and others. Passed the Senate 17-16 and the Assembly 58-39; approved by the Governor 2013-03-11 as 2013 Wisconsin Act 1.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  12. 2017 Senate Bill 395, nonferrous metallic mininghttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/sb395

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced 2017-08-29 by Senators Tiffany, Fitzgerald and others. Repeals s. 293.50, the sulfide mining moratorium. Failed to pass 2018-03-28 without a Senate floor vote. Same relating clause and repeal list as AB 499 as introduced.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  13. 2017 Assembly Bill 499, nonferrous metallic mininghttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/ab499

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Assembly copy of SB 395. Introduced by Rep. Hutton and others, cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Fitzgerald and others. Passed the Assembly 53-38 on 2017-11-02; the Senate concurred 19-14 on 2017-11-07. Approved by the Governor 2017-12-11 as 2017 Wisconsin Act 134.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  14. H.R. 845, Pet and Livestock Protection Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/845

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Rep. Lauren Boebert. Tiffany is an original cosponsor, dated 2025-01-31, one of 37. Passed the House 2025-12-18; referred to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee the same day, with no action since.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  15. House roll call 360, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 845, 2025-12-18. Passed 211-204; five Democrats voted yes. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  16. H.R. 1834 as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr1834eh/html/BILLS-119hr1834eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    As passed, it extends the enhanced premium tax credit for marketplace health insurance. On the Senate calendar since 2026-02-10; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Health insurance costs; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  17. House roll call 11, 2026 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08. Passed 230-196. Tiffany: Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Health insurance costs; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  18. H.R. 5497, Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5497

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Tiffany, introduced 2025-09-18. The Natural Resources Committee voted 20-17 on 2026-02-11 to report it with changes. No House vote.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; Tom Tiffany: Making the Apostle Islands a national park

  19. Campaign finance: search data and view filed reportshttps://ethics.wi.gov/Pages/CampaignFinance/ViewReports.aspx

    Wisconsin Ethics Commission · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Where state candidates, including for governor, file their campaign finance reports (the Sunshine system).

    official office record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: background, goals, record and money

  20. Wis. Stat. § 11.1304(12)https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/11/xiii/1304/12

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says information copied from these reports may not be sold or used for any commercial purpose. This site carries ads, so it links to the filings instead of reproducing them.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: background, goals, record and money

  21. File 20-383, appointment letter (document)

    Office of the Milwaukee County Executive · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Dated May 6, 2020, from David Crowley, County Executive, appointing a department director. With the April 10 memo, it puts his start as county executive between those dates. sha256 9180dc48.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Cutting county carbon emissions; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  22. Summary results, April 2, 2024 spring election (document)

    Milwaukee County Election Commission · Published Apr 2, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Election-night report, headed UNOFFICIAL RESULTS. County executive: Crowley 116,933 votes, 84.52 percent. The certified canvass was not read. The county site blocks our reader; checked against the Wayback Machine copy of 2026-09-19, sha256 1bd3fabf.

    official election record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  23. David's Storyhttps://www.crowleyforwi.com/davids-story

    Crowley for Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-23. His biography.

    candidate statement

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money

  24. Representative David Crowley, 2019 sessionhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/assembly/1811

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Assembly District 17, elected since 2016. It lists 2019 AB 188 among his co-authored proposals.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money

  25. Representative David Crowley, 2017 sessionhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/legislators/assembly/1634

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The Legislature's biography and his authored and co-authored bills. It lists 2017 AJR 10 among his co-authored proposals.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Declaring abortion health care; David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons

  26. David's Planhttps://www.crowleyforwi.com/Plan

    Crowley for Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-23. His plan as governor.

    candidate statement

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Health care; Energy and climate; Taxes and local government; Public safety; David Crowley: Cutting county carbon emissions

  27. David's Recordhttps://www.crowleyforwi.com/Record

    Crowley for Wisconsin · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-23. His account of his record in the Assembly and as county executive.

    candidate statement

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Public safety; David Crowley: Declaring abortion health care; David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons; David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding

  28. 2017 Assembly Joint Resolution 10https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/ajr10

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Relating to the legislature's declaration that abortion is health care. Introduced 2017-02-24 by 13 representatives including Crowley; referred to Rules; failed to adopt 2018-03-28 without a floor vote.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Declaring abortion health care; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  29. 2017 Assembly Bill 953, juvenile correctionshttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/ab953

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced by the Committee on Corrections, with no individual authors. Became 2017 Wisconsin Act 185, which required Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake to close. Published 2018-03-31.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  30. 2017 Assembly vote 281, AB 953 passagehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/votes/assembly/av0281

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    2018-02-21. Passed 95-0. Crowley: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  31. 2019 Assembly Bill 188, juvenile secure custody facilitieshttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/ab188

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced 2019-04-25 by 35 representatives including Crowley, with Senate cosponsors including Tiffany. Became 2019 Wisconsin Act 8, published 2019-06-29.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  32. File 23-719, action historyhttps://webapi.legistar.com/v1/milwaukeecounty/matters/13550/histories

    Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The county's legislative record for the sales tax ordinance: adopted as amended by the County Board 2023-07-27, signed by the County Executive 2023-08-03, published 2023-08-09.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  33. File 23-719, signature copy (document)

    Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The extra 0.4 percent county sales tax, effective January 1, 2024. Adopted 15-3 on 2023-07-27. Scanned; read by OCR.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  34. File 25-262, action historyhttps://webapi.legistar.com/v1/milwaukeecounty/matters/15030/histories

    Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The county's legislative record for the climate plan: adopted by the County Board 2025-04-24, signed by the County Executive 2025-04-25.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  35. File 25-262, signature copy (document)

    Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Board adoption of the climate plan, 17-1, on 2025-04-24. Scanned; read by OCR.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  36. Tiffany statement on vote to lower health care premiumshttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-statement-vote-lower-health-care-premiums

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Dec 17, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His statement after voting for H.R. 6703.

    official office record

    For: Health care; Tom Tiffany: Health insurance costs

  37. Tiffany demands PSC prioritize baseload power sourceshttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-demands-psc-prioritize-baseload-power-sources-ensure-affordable-energy

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Jun 5, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His letter to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission asking it not to close coal plants early.

    official office record

    For: Energy and climate; Tom Tiffany: Keeping power plants open

  38. Tiffany applauds White House's action to delist gray wolveshttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffany-applauds-white-houses-action-delist-gray-wolves

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Sep 4, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His House office says he wrote the Pet and Livestock Protection Act and that it passed the House.

    official office record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list

  39. U.S. House passes Rep. Tiffany's bill to delist the gray wolfhttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/us-house-passes-rep-tiffanys-bill-delist-gray-wolf

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Dec 18, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His office's release on House passage. It says the bill was introduced by Tiffany and Rep. Lauren Boebert.

    official office record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Taking the gray wolf off the endangered list

  40. H.R. 6703, Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr6703eh/html/BILLS-119hr6703eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Covers association health plans, oversight of pharmacy benefit managers and funding for cost-sharing reduction payments. Received in the Senate 2025-12-18; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Health insurance costs

  41. House roll call 349, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 6703, 2025-12-17. Passed 216-211. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Health insurance costs

  42. Tiffany's legislation to help Wabeno small business clears Househttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/tiffanys-legislation-help-wabeno-small-business-clears-house

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Jul 22, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His office's release on House passage of H.R. 3937.

    official office record

    For: Tom Tiffany: A land bill for a Wabeno business

  43. H.R. 3937, Wabeno Economic Development Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3937

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Tiffany. Would convey national forest land to Tony's Wabeno Redi-Mix, LLC. Passed the House 2025-07-22. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ordered it reported favorably 2026-06-10; on the Senate calendar since 2026-07-23; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: A land bill for a Wabeno business

  44. House roll call 215, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 3937 under suspension, 2025-07-22. Passed 410-1. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: A land bill for a Wabeno business

  45. Rep. Tiffany's bill to create Wisconsin's first national park clears House committeehttps://tiffany.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tiffanys-bill-create-wisconsins-first-national-park-clears-house-committee

    Office of Rep. Tom Tiffany · Published Feb 11, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His office's release on the committee vote on H.R. 5497.

    official office record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Making the Apostle Islands a national park

  46. What Wisconsin's 2026 governor candidates say about mininghttps://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/what-wisconsins-2026-governor-candidates-say-about-mining/

    PBS Wisconsin · Published Mar 11, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Here & Now asked the candidates for governor about mining. Tiffany's answer is quoted in his own words. He does not name the bill; the report is about the 2017 repeal it says he led.

    original reporting

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  47. 2017 Senate vote 158, AB 499 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/votes/senate/sv0158

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    2017-11-07. Concurred 19-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  48. Act memo: 2017 Wisconsin Act 134 (document)

    Wisconsin Legislative Council · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says the Act repeals the rule that a sulfide mine applicant show a mine that ran, and one that closed, for 10 years without polluting water. It replaces the old permit hearing with an informational hearing; anyone aggrieved can ask for a contested hearing within 30 days after the state decides. Lists no change to local zoning or local agreements.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  49. 2017 Wisconsin Act 134 (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The enacted text. Requires the state to make mine applications available in the city, village or town where the mine would be, and to send notice to local clerks and libraries. SECTION 32 repeals s. 293.43 (4), which let local governments take part as a party in the permit hearing; SECTION 34 repeals the hearing rules in s. 293.43 (5). sha256 12adb9fb.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  50. Wis. Stat. ch. 293, 2015-16 (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The mining law before Act 134. It already required mailed notice of a permit hearing to the local towns, villages, cities and counties (s. 293.43 (3)), let those governments take part as a party in the hearing (s. 293.43 (4)) and paused the hearing until the mine showed it met local zoning (s. 293.43 (5) (e)). The zoning rule is s. 293.49 (1) (a) 6.; local agreements are s. 293.41; s. 293.50 was the moratorium. sha256 ae3846b5.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  51. Wis. Stat. ch. 293, current (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The mining law today. The zoning rule in s. 293.49 (1) (a) 6. and local agreements in s. 293.41 are still there. The local-government participation section, s. 293.43 (4), is gone.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 2017 mining law

  52. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress)https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Read through the Congress.gov API on 2026-09-23. Sponsor: Rep. Jodey Arrington. Became Public Law 119-21.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Federal taxes on tips and overtime; Tom Tiffany: The federal rural health fund

  53. House roll call 145, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 1, 2025-05-22. Passed 215-214. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Federal taxes on tips and overtime

  54. House roll call 190, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The House agrees to the Senate's version of H.R. 1, 2025-07-03. Passed 218-214. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Federal taxes on tips and overtime; Tom Tiffany: The federal rural health fund; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  55. Public Law 119-21https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Signed July 4, 2025. Sections 70201 and 70202 create income tax deductions for tips (up to $25,000) and for the extra pay for overtime above the regular rate (up to $12,500, or $25,000 for couples). Both shrink above $150,000 of income ($300,000 for couples) and end after 2028. Section 71401 sets aside $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the Rural Health Transformation Program.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Federal taxes on tips and overtime; Tom Tiffany: The federal rural health fund; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  56. H.R. 3632, Power Plant Reliability Act of 2025, as passed by the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3632eh/html/BILLS-119hr3632eh.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Lets federal regulators, on a complaint from a state commission or grid operator, order a generating unit to keep running, and requires five years' notice before a planned retirement. Referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee 2025-12-17; not law.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Keeping power plants open

  57. House roll call 342, 2025 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Passage of H.R. 3632, 2025-12-16. Passed 222-202. Tiffany: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Keeping power plants open

  58. 2017 Assembly vote 343, AB 953 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/related/votes/assembly/av0343

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    2018-03-22, concurring in the Senate substitute. Passed 90-0. Crowley: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons

  59. Act memo: 2019 Wisconsin Act 8 (document)

    Wisconsin Legislative Council · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Calls Act 8 trailer legislation to Act 185. It moves the Lincoln Hills closing deadline from January 1, 2021 to July 1, 2021.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons

  60. 2017 Assembly Bill 468, Milwaukee County youth facilityhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/ab468

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Relating to a Type 1 juvenile correctional facility in Milwaukee County. Introduced 2017-08-07 by Representatives Young, Crowley, Bowen and others. Failed to pass 2018-03-28. His 2017 legislator page also lists AB 102, a study of Missouri's small-facility model, among his co-authored bills.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Closing the Lincoln Hills youth prisons

  61. Climate Action 2050 Plan: Emissions Assessment Report, File 23-986 (document)

    Milwaukee County · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    An audit of the county's ClearPath inventories, filed 2023-11-08. Appendix A, Table 5 gives county operations' emissions by year: 2018 141,979; 2019 136,347; 2020 111,789 metric tons. This is the series the plan's 2005 and 2023 figures come from. The county's first inventory (File 20-318, April 2020) used earlier methods and put 2018 at 146,678; it is not mixed in. sha256 69f2f820.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: Cutting county carbon emissions

  62. File 20-318, cover memo (document)

    Milwaukee County Office of Sustainability · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Cover memo for the county's first emissions inventory, dated April 10, 2020 and copied to Chris Abele as County Executive. Abele still held the office that day.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: Cutting county carbon emissions; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  63. Crowley highlights emission reductions in county operationshttps://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/County-Executive/News/Milwaukee-County-Executive-David-Crowley-Highlights-Emission-Reductions-in-County-Operations

    Office of the Milwaukee County Executive · Published May 19, 2026 · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The county's Office of Sustainability reports a 48 percent cut in county operations' emissions through 2024, against 2005. File 26-415, which the release cites, does not print that figure, and the 2024 inventory itself was not read. The site blocks our reader; checked against a copy saved 2026-09-24, sha256 9afcf29c.

    official office record

    For: David Crowley: Cutting county carbon emissions

  64. 2023 Assembly Bill 245, shared revenuehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/ab245

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Rodriguez, Vos and others. Approved by the Governor 2023-06-20 as 2023 Wisconsin Act 12.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding

  65. Act memo: 2023 Wisconsin Act 12 (document)

    Wisconsin Legislative Council · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Says the Act changes shared revenue for counties and cities and lets Milwaukee County add a 0.4 percent sales tax.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  66. Record of committee proceedings, 2023 Assembly Bill 245 (document)

    Assembly Committee on Local Government · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Public hearing 2023-05-04. Lists County Executive David Crowley under 'Appearances for Information Only', not under 'Appearances For'. sha256 0d4b9a47.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding

  67. Record of committee proceedings, 2023 Senate Bill 301 (document)

    Senate Committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    SB 301 is the Senate's matching bill, with the same relating clause as AB 245. Public hearing 2023-05-23. Lists David Crowley, Milwaukee County, under 'Appearances for Information Only'. sha256 5d39429a.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding

  68. Hearing testimony and materials, 2023 Assembly Bill 245, May 4, 2023 (document)

    Wisconsin Legislative Council · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Written testimony filed at the Assembly hearing, linked from the AB 245 bill page. Page 5 is Crowley's; pages 3-4 are lead Senate author Mary Felzkowski's. The Senate hearing's materials (SB 301, May 23, 2023) hold no testimony from him. sha256 cbf916df.

    official legislative record

    For: David Crowley: Wisconsin Act 12 and local funding

  69. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on writing three budgetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=474s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    7:54. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: Writing state budgets

  70. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the 2019 budgethttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=983s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    16:23. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: Writing state budgets

  71. 2015 Joint Committee on Finance, membershttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/committee/2015/1384

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Lists Senator Tiffany among the 16 members.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Writing state budgets

  72. 2017 Joint Committee on Finance, membershttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/committee/2017/1680

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Lists Senator Tiffany among the 16 members.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Writing state budgets

  73. Joint Committee on Finance, record of proceedings on 2019 Assembly Bill 56https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/related/records/joint/finance/1502194

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Lists Senator Tiffany as a member present. The motion to recommend AB 56 for passage as amended carried 12-4, Tiffany aye. The committee's 2019 member page no longer lists him; he left the Senate for the U.S. House in May 2020.

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  74. 2019 Assembly Bill 56, the 2019-21 state budgethttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/ab56

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Assembly passed 60-39 on 2019-06-25; Senate concurred 17-16 on 2019-06-26; approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2019-07-03 as 2019 Wisconsin Act 9.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Writing state budgets

  75. 2019 Senate vote 44, AB 56 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/related/votes/senate/sv0044

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2019-06-26. Concurred 17-16. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

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  76. 2019 Wisconsin Act 9 (document)

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2019-07-03. Amends s. 71.06 (1q), the second-bracket individual income tax rate, from 5.84 percent to 5.21 percent.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Writing state budgets

  77. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the Elections Commissionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2431s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    40:31. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  78. 2015 Assembly Bill 388, reorganizing the Government Accountability Boardhttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/ab388

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Senate concurred as amended 18-14 on 2015-11-06; approved by the Governor with partial veto on 2015-12-16 as 2015 Wisconsin Act 118. Tiffany is not among its authors or cosponsors.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  79. 2015 Senate vote 178, AB 388 concurrencehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/votes/senate/sv0178

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2015-11-06. Concurred 18-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  80. 2015 Wisconsin Act 118https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/acts/118

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2015-12-16. Creates s. 5.025 (elections commission defined) and s. 15.61, the Elections Commission.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Creating the Wisconsin Elections Commission

  81. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the 20-week abortion lawhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2587s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    43:07. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  82. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany repeats his 20-week votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=2746s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    45:46. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  83. 2015 Senate Bill 179, abortion at 20 or more weekshttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/sb179

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Senate passed 19-14 on 2015-06-09; Assembly concurred 61-34 on 2015-07-08; approved by the Governor 2015-07-20 as 2015 Wisconsin Act 56. Tiffany is not among its authors.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  84. 2015 Senate vote 61, SB 179 passagehttps://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/votes/senate/sv0061

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    2015-06-09. Passed 19-14. Tiffany: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  85. 2015 Wisconsin Act 56https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/related/acts/56

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Enacted 2015-07-20. Creates s. 253.107: no abortion when the probable postfertilization age is 20 or more weeks, unless the woman is undergoing a medical emergency.

    official legislative record

    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  86. Wis. Stat. § 253.107https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/253/107

    Wisconsin State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    The current statute still carries the 20-or-more-weeks limit.

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    For: Tom Tiffany: Wisconsin's 20-week abortion law

  87. WISN 12 debate, October 21: Tiffany on the rural health programhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0&t=3267s

    WISN 12 · Published Oct 21, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    54:27. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

    For: Tom Tiffany: The federal rural health fund

  88. Rural Health Transformation Programhttps://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/rhtp/index.htm

    Wisconsin Department of Health Services · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Says DHS received a first-year award from CMS of $203,670,005.21 and that CMS has not announced the later four years.

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    For: Tom Tiffany: The federal rural health fund

  89. Our claim page: Tiffany on writing state budgetshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/wisconsin-governor-2026/tiffany-finance-committee-budgets

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  90. Our claim page: Tiffany on the Elections Commissionhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/wisconsin-governor-2026/tiffany-elections-commission

    For: Four Wisconsin governor debate claims checked

  91. Our claim page: Tiffany on the 20-week abortion lawhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/wisconsin-governor-2026/tiffany-20-week-abortion

    For: Four Wisconsin governor debate claims checked

  92. Our claim page: Tiffany on the rural health fundhttps://statedrecord.com/claims/wisconsin-governor-2026/tiffany-rural-health-fund

    For: Four Wisconsin governor debate claims checked

  93. WISN 12 Wisconsin governor debatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3vbWiJMwu0

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