Crowley Rallies Wisconsin Democrats After 3-Way Primary as Tiffany Ties Him to Hong
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Updated · Wisconsin Examiner · Aug 11
Crowley Rallies Wisconsin Democrats After 3-Way Primary as Tiffany Ties Him to Hong
3 articles · Updated · Wisconsin Examiner · Aug 11
Summary
Middleton’s post-primary unity breakfast put Democratic nominee David Crowley beside former rivals, Sarah Godlewski and top party leaders as he moved to consolidate support for November.
Crowley cast Gov. Tony Evers as his campaign’s “secret weapon,” urged a focus on “Wisconsin values” over national ideology and said he must win back northern communities represented by Tom Tiffany.
Deforest remarks from Tiffany showed the GOP’s opening attack: he said there was “not a dime’s worth of difference” between Crowley and Francesca Hong and faulted Crowley’s Milwaukee County record on employee health coverage and looming deficits.
Data centers and younger voters quickly emerged as a general-election fault line, with Crowley backing guardrails and bans on nondisclosure agreements but not a 1-year moratorium, while Tiffany called for ending subsidies and preventing utility-rate increases.
The race now shifts from a bitter Democratic primary to a statewide fight for the governor’s office, with both parties also eyeing control of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly.