Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers scores mixed bag on promises as first term winds down

As Gov. Tony Evers heads into the November midterm elections, here at PolitiFact Wisconsin we’re taking a look at how he fared in keeping the promises he made in the 2018 campaign.

Aiming for a second term, Evers faces Republican Tim Michels in the Nov. 8, 2022 election.

A look at the Evers-O-Meter, where we track those promises, shows a mixed bag of results. Of 27 promises, nine were rated Promise Kept (33%), while nine were rated Promise Broken (33%). Another five were rated Compromise (18%). The remaining four were Stalled (14%). 

Here’s a link to our full Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report exploring how he did. 

Meanwhile, here is a look at how some of his major promises fared:

Cut middle-class income taxes by 10 percent

Increase spending on childhood education

Restore state funding for schools to two-thirds level

Increase spending on road maintenance

Create ‘blue-ribbon’ panel on agriculture, rural issues

Increase spending on public transit

Bolster preventive health programs that have been defunded

Assure high-speed broadband access to all homes, businesses

Raise minimum wage to $15 an hour, with automatic inflationary increases

Expand background checks and put in place gun restrictions

Repeal changes made to prevailing wage laws

Support ending solitary confinement

Create an Office of Inspector General to serve as an independent watchdog

For more, see “Evers scores mixed bag on campaign promises” at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.