WASHINGTON, DC – This week, LCV Victory Fund’s state affiliates announced the 2026 Dirty Dozen in the States, which included Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany.

Modeled after LCV Victory Fund’s federal Dirty Dozen, the Dirty Dozen in the States highlights 12 of the worst candidates in the nation at the state and local level. Members of the Dirty Dozen in the States have consistently voted to raise energy costs, kill clean energy jobs, and take funding from corporate polluters. These candidates are chosen regardless of party affiliation and are running in races prioritized by LCV state affiliates in the Conservation Voter Movement.

This year’s Dirty Dozen in the States (more details on each candidate here):

  • Arizona candidate for Corporation Commission – Ralph Heap
  • California candidate for  State Assembly District 58 – Leticia Castillo
  • Georgia candidate for Public Service Commission – Fitz Johnson
  • Michigan candidate for Governor – John James
  • Minnesota candidate for Governor –  Lisa Demuth
  • New York candidate for Governor – Bruce Blakeman
  • North Carolina candidate for Supreme Court – Sarah Stevens
  • Oregon candidate for Governor – Christine Drazan
  • Ohio candidate for Governor  – Vivek Ramaswamy
  • Pennsylvania candidate for Senate District 6 – Frank Farry
  • Utah candidate for House District 39 – Ken Ivory
  • Wisconsin candidate for Governor – Tom Tiffany

“From governors all the way to utility commissions, these state and local positions will make critical choices for every day people’s lives,” said Nate Fowler, LCV Victory Fund Vice President of Campaigns. “Across the country we have all seen our energy bills skyrocket. We’ve watched as massive data centers take over our communities. And we’ve seen too many Republicans make the problem even worse by attacking new affordable clean energy projects. These state and local offices are critical to lowering costs and getting communities back on track. But this list of candidates have proven time and again they won’t stand up to Big Tech and data center developers, monopoly utility companies, or the polluters raising costs. They are perfectly willing to prop up their billionaire donors and leave the rest of us holding the bill.”

Wisconsin candidate Tom Tiffany was nominated by Wisconsin Conservation Voters. As a state legislator and now-congressman, career politician Rep. Tom Tiffany consistently sides with corporate polluters over Wisconsin families and their futures. In the state legislature, Tiffany accepted money from mining corporations and introduced bills they authored. He also authored several bills to prevent local communities’ from protecting themselves from corporate polluters. As Big Tech sets its sights on Wisconsin to build hyperscale data centers, local communities are fighting back for their rights. As a congressman, he voted for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill that increased electric bills, killed clean energy jobs, gutted public lands funding, increased healthcare costs, and provided giveaways for corporate polluters and billionaires. His votes earned him an abysmal 1% Lifetime Score in LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.

Get all of the facts on Tom Tiffany’s record here.

Wisconsin finally has fair district maps for the state legislature and an open seat for governor, giving the state an enormous opportunity to win a pro-conservation trifecta for the first time in nearly two decades. This would allow the state to make significant gains for clean energy, clean water, and voting rights. None of this will be possible if Tiffany is elected governor.

The over 30 state Conservation Voter Movement partners worked to determine the 2026 “Dirty Dozen in the States.” The candidates named are some of the most anti-affordability, anti-environment, and anti-democracy politicians running in competitive state-level races from governor to city officials and everywhere in between.

The “Dirty Dozen in the States” is modeled after LCV Victory Fund’s “Dirty Dozen,” which has targeted candidates for federal office (with occasional exceptions), regardless of party affiliation, who consistently side against the environment, and are running in races in which LCV Victory Fund has a serious chance to affect the outcome.