MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Since winning the August 11 primary, County Executive David Crowley, Democratic nominee for governor, has traveled across the state talking with voters about affordability and healthcare. At recent stops in Menasha and Madison, Crowley highlighted his plan to expand healthcare for Wisconsinites so more families can access affordable coverage. Crowley also continues to warn voters that Congressman Tom Tiffany’s extreme MAGA agenda has driven up costs on gas, diesel, and healthcare and sold out union workers.

What they’re saying:

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  • “It’s about meeting people where they are,” Crowley said this time around. “And there are a lot of people who are afraid — as far as the direction that MAGA extremists can actually take this entire state. So it’s about talking directly about those issues … but more importantly, you have to bring people to the table. It’s about allowing them to give us the solutions. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for our state, not for each community, and so you have to tailor these programs, services, those solutions to fit each community’s needs, and we want to make sure that we’re listening directly to the voters who live in these areas.”

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  • “There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for the state of Wisconsin, and you have to make sure that you’re working directly with communities to make sure that you’re right-sizing those solutions not just to fit the need, but to make sure that you’re addressing the issues that the community actually wants to have you address,” Crowley said.
  • “Making sure that we continue to invest in health care services, but just safety net programs in general, especially after what we have seen, with the tornadoes in the Fox Valley area, we know that there’s a lot of incredible need, making sure that people get access to, not just food, but hygiene products, things of that nature,” said Crowley.

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  • “The big ugly bill has eliminated many subsidies for families across this state, and so by expanding BadgerCare as an alternative to for-profit insurance and creating a small-scale premium (it) will allow families, allow entrepreneurs, farmers — you name it — anybody (who) wants to pay into this system to get access to it to help lower costs…”
  • “[…] Another thing that I’ve been talking about is repealing the minimum markup law on gasoline. And not only will that help with gas at the pump for individuals and families, but that’ll help lower costs for municipalities, for schools, as well as for our farmers and for businesses who are transporting produce. Because we know those costs are being passed down to us, and with that 9% markup, I mean, we’re talking 40 cents a gallon just for going to the gas station.”

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  • “David Crowley, who is in his second term as the Milwaukee County Executive, pledges to roll back Act 10, as well as repeal the Right-to-Work law. He also advocates restoring state prevailing-wage laws and protecting labor agreements for public construction and infrastructure projects. He is campaigning, in part, on expanding worker power, collective bargaining rights, and economic security for working families.”
  • “Crowley has called the state’s current $7.25 rate “mind-blowing,” and calls for immediately raising the wage floor to at least $15 an hour, scaling it up to $20 an hour by 2030, indexing it to inflation, and ending state pre-emption laws that block local municipalities from setting higher wage floors.”
  • “Wisconsin needs leaders who will stand up for working families, support unions and deliver real solutions that improve the lives of the people of our state,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO. “David Crowley will provide that leadership. His opponent, Tom Tiffany, voted to support Scott Walker’s union-busting bills again and again, and in Congress has voted with Trump 100% of the time. David Crowley understands the important role strong unions and collective bargaining play in building and sustaining a healthy economy that provides all working Wisconsinites with an opportunity to succeed.”

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  • “Crowley rose from poverty to achieve greatness. He manages the most complex issues of any Wisconsin county or local government. Yet his budget maintains the seventh-lowest tax levy per capita of all 72 Wisconsin counties based on Department of Revenue data.”
  • “Led by Executives Crowley and Josh Schoeman of Washington County, our members worked in a bipartisan manner to gain an increase in shared revenue to lower county taxes. During my career, I have never endorsed any candidate in any election. Now as a private citizen, I urge you to vote for David Crowley for governor.”

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  • “I think it’s kind of rich. You have a congressman who has not stood up to Donald Trump and his policies, saying that he’s going to make things more affordable. I mean, he has voted 100% of the time with this president. We have seen how the tariff and the taxes have been increasing costs around everybody,” Crowley said. “He has supported the war in Iran, a war of choice that has increased costs on our gas prices.”
  • “It’s ironic that he’s a big fan of the minimum markup law, repealing that, something that I actually introduced three months ago,” countered Crowley.