Evers Wins Second Term, Says 'Boring Wins'
Tony Evers celebrated his victory after winning a second term as Wisconsin governor early Wednesday morning by telling his supporters that some people called him boring during the campaign, but he said it didn’t matter.
“You know what Wisconsin? As it turns out, boring wins,” Evers said.
Evers comfortably beat Republican Tim Michels, grabbing 51% of the vote.
Evers said Democrats “showed up” on Election Day.
“You showed up for reproductive rights and the freedom for you and your neighbors to make their own health care decisions,” the governor said during his victory speech. “You showed-up for our kids, our educators, and our public schools…You showed up for LGBT folks and trans kids who want to be safe and who they are in our state. You showed up for conservation, for clean energy, to take climate change seriously, and a future that doesn’t treat protecting our environment and good-paying jobs like they are mutually exclusive.”
Michels’ concession speech was brief, more of an...