Throughout a marketing campaign rally in September, Michels promised rally-goers that he would take payments Evers vetoed and signal them if elected. Michels additionally supported a set of adjustments to state election legal guidelines that Evers continues to be positioned to dam.
Evers, who has served as Wisconsin governor since 2019, barely defeated former Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2018. Evers served as Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction for 10 years and as deputy superintendent for eight years earlier than that.
The race between Evers and Michels included loads of contrasts between the 2 candidates concerning abortion, crime, weapons and training. Abortion was a key problem within the race, after Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban — which makes it a felony for docs to carry out virtually all abortions — took impact following the Supreme Court docket’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
Michels has said that he’s “pro-life” however stated he would signal a invoice granting exemptions for rape and incest. Evers opposes the state regulation and has pushed Republican lawmakers within the Legislature to alter it, vetoing 5 anti-abortion payments in a single day final December.
Evers has additionally voiced assist for purple flag legal guidelines, which permit the seizure of weapons from these deemed a hazard to themselves or others. Michels, who opposes purple flag legal guidelines, has made crime the cornerstone of his marketing campaign, stating that Evers did nothing to handle the skyrocketing violence in Milwaukee and vowed to repair it if elected.
Throughout a debate between Michels and Evers in October, Michels stated he supported common college selection, whereas Evers, a former instructor, launched a plan to extend public college funding by almost $2 billion. Michels additionally needs to offer mother and father extra say concerning what youngsters are taught in class as training points akin to race, gender and library books have turn out to be hot-button points. Evers vetoed payments coping with these points that Republican legislators handed.
Michels, who’s co-owner and vp of a development firm, unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 2004 and has been a significant donor to GOP politicians.