“Tim Michels is a Trump-endorsed MAGA radical who opposes gun safety measures to keep our schools and communities safe, embraces baseless election conspiracy theories, and wants to ban abortions without exceptions for rape or incest,” Democratic Governors Association Executive Director Noam Lee said in a statement late Tuesday. Those topics were at the center of attacks against Michels from groups supporting Evers on Tuesday night after his primary win. Wade, as well as efforts by many Republican Trump allies in the state who continue fighting the results of the 2020 election. Scott Walker by fewer than 30,000 votes, having run what some strategists called at the time a savvy, low-key and state-focused campaign emphasizing problem-solving and an agenda geared toward improving education and infrastructure.Įvers has in recent months teased that approach anew, talking often about his record of increasing public school funding, cutting taxes for many middle-class families, repairing roads and bridges and making efforts to fight inflation - all of which he mentioned Wednesday.īut this time around, Evers has also regularly been on the attack against state Republicans’ support - including Michels’ - of the 1849 abortion ban that went back into effect after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. The pivotal battleground of Wisconsin is among the states where Biden had his narrowest victories in 2020, winning by fewer than 21,000 votes. A Marquette Law School Poll from June found Evers leading Michels in a hypothetical matchup by 48% to 41%, with 8% undecided. Trump, who lost Wisconsin and other swing states to Biden, has focused on promoting candidates like Michels for statewide offices that have oversight of the vote as he eyes another bid for the presidency in 2024.Įvers, for his part, is seen as one of the most vulnerable Democratic governors in the country the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the contest as a toss-up. The outcome will have major implications for abortion rights and education, as well as elections. The race is likely to be one of the closest - and most closely watched - contests in the U.S. Rather, he hammered at messaging that he was “an outsider and a businessman and a veteran” whose focus “will be to take care of the hard-working people of Wisconsin.” 1 priority.” Evers said Wednesday that type of rhetoric was an attempt by Michels to pivot to the center after having spent the primary embracing Trump’s stolen election lies. “We need an outsider and a businessman and a veteran in the governor’s office,” he said Tuesday night, adding that “jobs and the economy are going to be my No. Michels, a co-owner of a successful family pipeline construction company, said in his victory speech Tuesday night that his general election campaign would focus on “standing up for the hard-working people of Wisconsin.” Michels said such workers “have been left behind by the Democratic Party that just wants to focus on the social issues.” Joshua Lott/The Washington Post / via Getty Images file Tim Michels, the Republican nominee for governor, gives the thumbs up at his primary election night event Tuesday in Waukesha, Wis. He’s a failure, and he has to go,” Walker added. “People shouldn’t have to choose between filling up the gas tank or getting groceries, or see headlines of crime at 30-year highs, but in Tony Evers’ Wisconsin, that’s just what we have. “This race is about Tony Evers and his disastrous record. “Tony Evers and Joe Biden are going to desperately attempt to do everything they can to distract the people of Wisconsin from their massive failures,” Michels campaign adviser Chris Walker said in a statement.
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