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Tony Evers

Tony Evers

Tony Evers, a Democrat, was elected Wisconsin governor in November 2018. His term begins in January 2019. Evers has served as the Wisconsin superintendent of public instruction, a non-partisan position, since 2009. He previously worked as a teacher and school district administrator.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Tony Evers

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Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 11, 2024 X, formerly Twitter:
Wisconsin had a “record-breaking year” for tourism in 2023.
True
By Hope Karnopp • June 28, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 11, 2024 TV interview:
“We're having the largest classes of correctional officers we've ever had before.”
True
By Sophia Voight • March 6, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 23, 2024 Speech:
“In April last year, our state unemployment rate hit a record low of 2.4%. Last year, Wisconsin had an all-time lowest number of unemployed workers ever in modern history.”
True
By Sophia Voight • February 2, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 8, 2023 Twitter:
The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 27, 2022 Twitter:
"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 7, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 Twitter:
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 14, 2022 Twitter:
“An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • December 2, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 19, 2022 Campaign ad:
If a 12-year-old girl became pregnant because of rape or incest, "Tim Michels would force her to deliver the baby."
Mostly True
By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 6, 2022 Campaign email:
Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • October 17, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on July 24, 2022 TV interview:
"We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 16, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 13, 2022 Campaign email:
“Wisconsin's archaic abortion ban is older than 20 states."
True
By Laura Schulte • June 22, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 13, 2022 News release:
Says he has issued more pardons than “any Wisconsin governor in contemporary history.”
True
By Alan Hovorka • February 15, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on September 22, 2021 Public statement:
On tax cuts and repealing Wisconsin’s personal property tax on businesses.
Half Flip
By D.L. Davis • October 5, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 Twitter:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2021 Twitter:
A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 30, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 30, 2021 Twitter:
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 2, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 TV interview:
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
True
By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech:
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech:
"We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."
True
By Haley BeMiller • January 26, 2021
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Latest Fact-Checks About Tony Evers

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2020 a news conference:
“As soon as I endorsed (Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly), the Wisconsin Democrats said, let’s move the election to two months later.”
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • April 8, 2020
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on September 4, 2019 a Joint Finance Committee meeting:
"Gov. Evers asked the director of WEDC to stay on"
False
By Eric Litke • September 6, 2019
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on March 31, 2019 an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront:
Says GOP leaders have "made overtures to meet on a regular basis," but Gov. Tony Evers has "refused to even meet with us."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 10, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 9, 2018 a video:
Says Tony Evers will "raise the gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 17, 2018 a poll:
"Tony Evers says that tax dollars should pay for the abortions just like they pay for tonsillectomies."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 26, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Tony Evers "wants to cut Wisconsin's prison population in half, a dangerous plan that today would mean releasing thousands of violent criminals back into our communities."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 5, 2018 a TV ad:
"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 a radio ad:
Says Tony Evers "didn't revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 13, 2018 a TV interview:
"By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that."
False
By D.L. Davis • July 5, 2018
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 a digital ad:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
Lowell Holtz
Lowell Holtz
stated on March 26, 2017 a post on a campaign web site:
About a third of Wisconsin’s high schools "are missing the mark of graduating young adults who are college ready," a "pass rate of 66.6%."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 30, 2017
John Humphries
John Humphries
stated on January 12, 2017 a Facebook post:
"We've dropped from a top 10 state in elementary reading to 30th in the nation" under State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ watch.  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 6, 2017
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