How do the Governor of Wisconsin candidates compare?

Barnes supports enforcing antitrust laws to break up monopolies, passing living wage legislation, repealing Act 10 and right-to-work laws, and strengthening union rights.

Brennan points to delivering aid to small businesses, farmers, and families during the COVID pandemic and leading efforts to address economic challenges in Milwaukee.

Crowley emphasizes job creation rooted in local ownership and union labor, taking his Building Bridges Program statewide and supporting apprenticeships and small businesses.

Hong supports universal childcare and paid leave for all as policies to address the affordability crisis facing working-class people.

Hughes centers her campaign on building what she calls a 'Main Street economy' and cites her record leading Wisconsin's economic development agency, attracting business investment, and helping create jobs across all 72 counties.

Manske proposes using AI to reduce the size of government while restricting AI to protect jobs.

Roys said families want economic security and opportunity, framing it as a priority.

Schoemann emphasizes economic growth and reducing government regulation to make living affordable, and identifies economic growth as a spending priority.

Strnad said he would seek to improve conditions for workers by repealing Act 10 and eliminating the state's 'right to work' law.

Tiffany lists lowering costs for Wisconsinites and creating opportunity among his campaign solutions.

Barnes supports freezing utility rates, taking on utility monopolies, and protecting natural resources including removing PFAS from drinking water and bringing more renewable energy online.

Brennan supports restoring Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding, keeping public lands public, addressing PFAS contamination, holding polluters accountable, and pushing toward clean energy.

Crowley emphasizes protecting land, water, and air, contrasting himself with his opponent whom he says would roll back that progress.

Hong supports a pause on building AI data centers until regulations can be implemented to hold polluters accountable and protect natural resources, and references a proposed 2% utility rate cap for ratepayers.

Hulsey emphasized clean lakes and beaches as part of his campaign message and has run an energy and environmental consulting business.

Manske supports government spending to address water quality issues such as lead contamination, saying he does not want Wisconsin communities to face a crisis like Flint, Michigan.

Roys supports transitioning Wisconsin to 100% clean energy by 2050, removing lead pipes, cleaning up PFAS contamination, and restoring conservation funding.

When announcing his campaign, Strnad promoted recycling.

Tiffany criticized Evers' Public Service Commission appointees, accusing them of approving billions in utility rate increases.

Barnes supports fully funding law enforcement, investing in preventative programs, increasing mental health funding, and passing common sense gun laws.

Brennan says local law enforcement should focus on local crime rather than federal immigration enforcement, and proposes a Wisconsin Accountability Commission to review ICE enforcement, along with investments in violence reduction and local departments.

Crowley says he will give communities resources for well-trained police and fire departments and cites delivering balanced budgets that protect public safety.

Hong supports gun safety measures including background checks, red flag laws, and safe storage policies, as well as criminal legal reforms, crime prevention programs, and reducing recidivism.

Manske supports legalizing cannabis with rules and expunging cannabis convictions, and says the justice system should treat the powerful the same as those who are not wealthy or well connected.

Roys supports crime prevention strategies including cannabis legalization, treatment-based approaches to substance use and mental illness, gun safety measures, and improved reentry programs, along with victim support services.

Schoemann lists public safety among the highest priorities for investing taxpayer dollars.

Strnad stated he supported police.

Tiffany stated that people have the right to carry legally registered concealed guns but should consider potential consequences, adding that the issue is not the Second Amendment.

Barnes supports fully funding public schools, providing property tax relief, increasing accountability for voucher schools and responsibly sunsetting the voucher program, and expanding tuition assistance.

Brennan proposes modernizing the school funding formula based on student needs, increasing teacher support and pay, mandating recess, and providing free school lunches sourced from Wisconsin farms.

Crowley's plan includes universal early childhood education, new investments in public schools, and closing the special education reimbursement gap.

Hong supports increasing funding for public schools, including reimbursing 90% of special education costs and funding free universal school meals, financed through changes to the tax code.

Hughes proposes expanding the Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program to more families and instituting child care workforce measures including raising wages and training programs.

Hulsey cited his opposition to Act 10 and pledged to increase investment in schools, teachers and support staff. He linked cuts to school investment to lower school performance.

Roys prioritizes fully funding public schools, calling school funding the defining fight of the next budget and stating she wants the entire projected surplus returned to public schools. She also supports bringing the state's voucher program to a gradual, 'responsible' end with added accountability requirements.

Tiffany's campaign platform includes preparing children for success as a stated priority.

Barnes supports redrawing Wisconsin's congressional maps, ensuring safe and fair elections, strengthening campaign finance laws, and running a campaign that takes no corporate PAC money.

Brennan opposes federal control of elections and supports protecting election workers, defending early and absentee voting, allowing pre-Election Day processing of mail-in ballots, and countering misinformation.

Crowley pledges to protect voting rights and push for nonpartisan redistricting at every level.

Hong proposes a voting rights and election reform package that includes overturning Citizens United at the state level, an independent redistricting commission, expanded early voting, automatic voter registration, free voter ID, permanent vote-by-mail, campaign finance transparency, and public funding of elections.

Manske supports making elections transparent and verifiable and the process efficient.

Roys says she would protect democracy from the Trump administration and has positioned herself as a candidate who will confront it.

Schoemann proposes a broad overhaul of Wisconsin elections, including eliminating the state's elections agency, transferring oversight to an official elected by voters, and shifting statewide spring races to the fall.

The article reports Tiffany sent conflicting messages about whether he supports mail-in voting. In a March 12 interview, he stated he does not believe mail-in voting should be done.

Barnes proposes closing tax loopholes for out-of-state corporations, establishing a new tax bracket for millionaires, taxing estates larger than $15 million, and cutting taxes for middle-class families.

Brennan highlights his tenure as Secretary of the Department of Administration, during which he cites growing the state's rainy-day fund and building a budget surplus. This emphasizes fiscal management as a priority.

Crowley proposes revenue reform to fund local governments while lowering property taxes and delivering balanced budgets.

Hong proposes raising taxes on high earners and large corporations, adding a 1% increase to the top bracket, creating a new millionaire bracket, introducing an estate tax on non-farmland estates over $5 million, allowing local progressive income taxes by referendum, and closing the Manufacturing and Agriculture tax credit. She frames these as making the tax code fairer and funding public services.

Manske supports reforming property taxes to provide more options for Wisconsinites.

Roys says she would restore the top individual income tax rate so the wealthiest pay more, and opposed a tax-cut and school-funding deal that included rebate checks. She emphasizes fairness in the tax system between working people and large corporations.

Schoemann emphasizes reducing the size of county government and lowering taxes, citing accomplishments such as the lowest tax rate in over a century and a lower tax levy. He frames taxpayer dollars as belonging to residents and pledges to invest in priority areas.

Tiffany criticized Gov. Evers' partial budget veto that authorized school funding property tax increases over 400 years and pledged to repeal it on his first day in office.

Barnes supports repealing Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban and making Roe v. Wade the law of the land.

Brennan supports repealing Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban and protecting the right to make personal health care decisions, and pledges to invest in prenatal, maternity, and postpartum care.

Crowley frames his opponent as a threat to reproductive freedom, indicating his own support for it.

Hong supports preserving abortion access and reproductive justice in the Wisconsin state constitution and expanding the definition of reproductive health.

Manske states he is pro-choice despite being religious, and links the decision to have families to economic conditions and hope.

Roys previously served as executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin and centered her 2018 campaign on abortion rights.

Strnad stated that he supported allowing access to abortion in Wisconsin.

Barnes is presenting an agricultural policy agenda he says he would enact if elected governor.

Brennan supports right-to-repair for farmers, banning foreign governments and corporations from buying Wisconsin farmland, easing farm succession, and investing in rural mental health.

Carranza supports stricter oversight of converting prime agricultural land to industrial use, nitrate reduction strategies including cover crop insurance, and farmer mental health initiatives.

Hong references backing litigation against federal tariffs she describes as harming Wisconsin farmers.

Manske proposes granting farmers a protected legal status with targeted tax relief, reduced regulations, low-interest loans, and protections against consolidation and foreign acquisition.

Roys identifies agriculture as one of Wisconsin's most important industries that depends on responsible stewardship of natural resources.

Tiffany said he would protect farmland from foreign (Chinese) interests and AI data center development.

Barnes supports expanding BadgerCare, creating a public option, protecting rural hospitals, and forgiving medical debt.

Brennan proposes a 'Healthy Wisconsin Promise' to expand Medicaid eligibility, create a state public option, guarantee coverage for every child, and invest in mental health and rural health services. He also supports prescription drug reforms targeting pharmacy benefit managers.

Crowley proposes expanding mobile outreach, addiction treatment access, and EMS innovations to make care more accessible statewide.

Hong supports expanding Medicaid, establishing a public option, cracking down on claim denials, and making large hospital corporations pay more while supporting small hospitals and clinics.

Roys said she wants to lower health care costs, citing residents' concerns about rising health care costs.

Schoemann identifies mental health services as one of his stated priorities for investment of taxpayer funds.

Barnes supports lowering housing costs by building more homes, stopping out-of-state hedge funds from pricing out residents, and providing tax credits and low-interest loans for first-time homebuyers.

Brennan's 'Build Roots, Build Wisconsin' plan aims to build 100,000 entry-level homes, offer 3% state-backed mortgages for first-time buyers, provide shared-equity gap loans, and impose a tax on corporate investors buying single-family homes as rentals.

Crowley pledges to build and preserve affordable housing across rural, urban, and suburban communities and streamline project approval.

Hong supports financing affordable housing construction, zoning reform, community land trusts, renter protections, a statewide Right to Counsel program for eviction, and repair-and-deduct legislation.

Manske supports enabling housing builders while protecting citizens, citing rising home prices.

Roys identified rising housing costs as a concern for families that government should address.

Barnes proposes stopping ICE from what he characterizes as making Wisconsin less safe as part of his public safety agenda.

Brennan addresses federal immigration enforcement by proposing a commission to review ICE enforcement abuses and stating local police should not do federal immigration work, framed within public safety.

Hong opposes ICE presence at polling places and pledges to sign a law making it a state felony for federal agents to be within 250 feet of a polling place.

Manske opposes immigration enforcement that harms communities and wants a working legal immigration system, but is skeptical that state law can override federal law regarding 287(g) agreements between local law enforcement and ICE.

Roys stated that states should hold ICE agents legally accountable when they break state law, emphasizing legal accountability.

Tiffany highlights his record of securing the borders as part of his experience in Congress.