Crowley campaign: ICYMI: David Crowley talks affordability across Wisconsin, campaigns with Gov. Wes Moore

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Over the weekend, David Crowley met with voters across Wisconsin to discuss how he will lower costs for Wisconsinites as governor. On Friday, Crowley was joined by Governor Wes Moore in Racine, Kenosha, Beloit, and Milwaukee, to raise the alarm that MAGA Congressman Tom Tiffany is trying to sell Wisconsin to the highest bidder. Crowley also traveled to Eau Claire, Black River Falls, and Fond du Lac to talk with voters about addressing Trump and Tiffany’s affordability crisis, lowering healthcare costs, and enshrining reproductive freedom into the Wisconsin Constitution.  

What They’re Saying: 

Wisconsin Public Radio: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore takes to campaign trail for Crowley in Wisconsin

• Moore spoke to Crowley supporters gathered at the Racine County Democratic Party office Friday morning. During a nearly 20-minute speech, he said Crowley would work to fight back against Trump administration policies. 

• “This moment matters because we know what is on the line, and we know the power of governors,” Moore said. “We know that governors have a unique responsibility, not just to push back, but governors have a unique responsibility to push forward, to show what a positive alternative can actually look like.”

• Moore, who is also the chair of the National Governors Association, said Crowley has “devoted his entire life to public service.”

• Moore said voters in Wisconsin have a “historic opportunity” to elect Crowley. He called the fact that he’s only the third Black person ever elected as governor a “staggering statistic.”

• “But I also know that I have the same philosophy that David has — that making history is not the assignment,” Moore said. “He’ll make history, but the goal is to make child poverty history. The goal is to make economic inequality history. The goal is to make these attacks that are happening on working families right now, and the fact that everything is … becoming more expensive because of federal policies — the goal is to make that history.”

Fox 6: Wisconsin governor race: Candidates campaign in Elm Grove, Racine

• Democrat David Crowley campaigned with Maryland Governor Wes Moore in Racine. Moore himself is up for reelection this year, but left his state to come to this crucial battleground. He is also seen as a possible contender for president in 2028.

Beloit Daily News: Wisconsin Governor candidate Crowley stops in Beloit

• “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you are on the menu,” said David Crowley, Democrat candidate for Wisconsin Governor during a visit Friday to New Zion Baptist Church.

• He said heath care, education, school lunches all have been on the menu for conservative politicians to carve out of budgets for too long and now he is ready to be the voice at the table for issues people care about.

Wisconsin Examiner: Democratic candidate David Crowley campaigns in Beloit with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore

• Ivy said Crowley has impressed him as a candidate because he is “very connected to our story” and “not backed up by billionaires,” noting his support for people who are struggling including policies to improve access to jobs and housing and address homelessness.

• “All that money we’re seeing being spent and dumped into these elections. We could be solving the very issues that we’re talking about,” Crowley said.

• Moore told reporters that Crowley is “the right candidate for the right moment” and that’s why he wanted to travel to the Midwest to help.

• Moore told attendees that he couldn’t “stress enough” the importance of who the governor is, especially given the current occupant of the White House. He said that “who you have in that statehouse matters” when there is an “overreaching and unchecked federal executive.” He noted that governors play a role in many significant decisions, including certifying elections and signing state budgets.

WEAU: Crowley touts economic proposals and criticizes Tiffany during Eau Claire visit

• Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley told voters during an Eau Claire visit that he would seek to raise Wisconsin’s minimum wage, repeal right-to-work laws and Act 10, and expand BadgerCare.

• Crowley, Milwaukee County executive, proposed allowing seniors, business owners, students, gig workers and farmers to buy into BadgerCare as an alternative to private insurance.

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram: Crowley visits Eau Claire with less than a month left on the campaign trail 

• “But if it wasn’t for our public schools, if it wasn’t for having mentors, teachers and neighbors who believed a kid like me deserved a chance, as well as a mentor, I would not be standing in front of you today,” he said. “And that helps me understand what is really at stake when it comes down to this election. Because I was always told, especially as a community organizer, ‘If you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu.’

WKBT News 8: David Crowley talks affordability during Black River Falls campaign stop

• Democratic candidate for governor David Crowley met with residents in Black River Falls today, focusing on affordability for Wisconsin families.
• Crowley discussed funding public schools, putting guardrails in place for data centers and creating more affordable housing.

Waukesha Freeman: Crowley visits Waukesha: Democratic gubernatorial candidate talks abortion, education, Flock, and more

• “Elected officials, they like to make (women’s reproductive rights) a political issue, and I hate even being the only man on this stage,” Crowley said. “We (men) shouldn’t even be involved in these conversations because they don’t have anything to do with us. And if we are part of the conversation, (it should be about) protecting our loved ones, our mothers, our wives, our daughters, our aunts — that’s what’s important for me. And so, by putting this into the Constitution, we will eliminate this continuing to be a political issue.
• “… We need to make sure that folks like Congressman Tom Tiffany are not in the doctor’s office when these decisions are being made,” Crowley continued. “Our goal is to keep politicians out of the doctor’s office. It is the job between a patient and their medical provider to make these types of decisions.”