The Fox News Decision Desk projects Democratic Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley has defeated Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in
With his victory, Crowley will succeed retiring two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and makes history as Wisconsin’s first Black politician elected governor.
Throughout his campaign for governor and during their single debate two weeks ago, Crowley frequently linked Tiffany to President and his policies, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tariffs, and the war in Iran.
Tiffany, a three-term congressman from a large agriculture-dominant district in northern Wisconsin, is a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and a Trump ally on Capitol Hill.
“When Congressman Tom Tiffany says hes focusing on affordability, lets be very clear: He voted for the big, ugly bill that [helped] some of the highest earners here in the state of Wisconsin,” Crowley said during the debate, as he pointed to to the GOP’s signature 2025 tax cut and spending bill that reduced funding for healthcare and food assistance programs in many states.
“We dont need what is happening in Washington, D.C., coming into the state of Wisconsin. It is very clear that he is working for Donald Trump and the billionaires who are funding his campaign,” Crowley charged.
Tiffany responded by that while Crowley was “consistently focused on being against Donald Trump, Im for Wisconsin â and rather than creating a bunch more programs that are going to end up taxing the people of Wisconsin more, I want to put more money in the taxpayers pockets.”
Crowley pulled off a major upset in the August Democratic , coming from behind to narrowly edge out state Rep. Francesca Hong, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Tiffany, during his general election campaign, repeatedly claimed Crowley was sounding “like a socialist.”
“I think its really important to know that he said theres very little difference between me and Francesca Hong,” Tiffany argued during the debate. “That sounds like a socialist to me.”
Tiffany made national headlines in September when he survived an after the single-engine plane he was riding in lost power and crashed into a lake.
Wisconsin is a key midwestern battleground state. Trump narrowly carried the state in his 2016 and 2024 presidential victories, while former President Joe Biden took the state by a razor-thin margin as he won the White House in 2020.
