Tony Evers
Governor of Wisconsin since 2019
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| April 2025 | The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld Evers' controversial budget veto, with Justice Jill Karofsky affirming the governor's broad partial veto powers in the majority opinion. |
| 2025 | Proposed changing the term 'mother' to 'inseminated person' in state law as part of his budget proposal. |
| 2024 | Following the Wisconsin State Legislative elections, Evers called for the creation of a statewide citizen-initiated referendum process. |
| August 13 2024 | Wisconsin voters rejected two constitutional amendments proposed by Republicans that would have limited the governor's control over state spending during the primary elections. |
| February 19 2024 | Evers signed a new legislative redistricting map into law after Republicans ultimately adopted his proposal, hosting a celebratory signing ceremony and emphasizing his commitment to fair electoral districts. |
| 2023 | Vetoed an income tax cut for the top two tax brackets and blocked an attempt to reduce Wisconsin's income tax brackets from four to three. |
| 2023 | Evers and the legislature reached a compromise on funding for American Family Field to prevent potential relocation of the Milwaukee Brewers. |
| 2023 | Janet Protasiewicz was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a majority for the first time since 2008 and potentially enabling the abolition of the 2011 legislative gerrymander. |
| 2023 | Evers secured a compromise on shared revenue through Wisconsin Act 12, providing an average 36% boost to municipal funding and granting additional flexibility for local sales taxes. |
| July 2023 | Tony Evers used a line-item veto in the state budget to create ongoing per-pupil school funding increases of $325 annually until 2425 by strategically striking out text in the budget bill. |
| 2022 | Evers is reelected as governor, winning by a larger margin of 3.4%. |
| August 2022 | Evers was unopposed in the Democratic primary and selected Sara Rodriguez as his running mate for the gubernatorial election. |
| 2021 | Evers signed executive orders and proposed budgets aimed at expanding Medicaid, increasing education funding, and addressing environmental issues in Wisconsin. |
| December 2021 | Governor Tony Evers vetoed five bills aimed at restricting reproductive healthcare access in Wisconsin, publicly committing to protect reproductive rights during the Supreme Court's hearing of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
| April 30 2021 | Sought $1.6 billion in federal funds to expand Medicaid and proposed legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, increasing minimum wage, and granting public workers collective bargaining rights, all of which were blocked by Republican legislators. |
| March 31 2021 | Had his statewide mask mandate struck down by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling. |
| February 7 2021 | Evers proposed legalizing recreational marijuana in his 2021–2023 biennial budget. |
| July 30 2020 | Issued a statewide mask mandate and declared a new state of emergency to curb the increasing spread of COVID-19. |
| April 20 2020 | Announced the 'Badger Bounce Back' recovery plan, outlining a gradual economic reopening contingent on 14 continuous days of declining COVID-19 death tolls. |
| April 16 2020 | Ordered an extension of the statewide lockdown to May 26 and mandated all schools remain closed through the end of the academic year, which was later struck down by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
| April 16 2020 | Governor Evers declared a public health emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and issued 'Safer at Home' orders to mitigate the spread of the virus in Wisconsin. |
| April 6 2020 | Issued an executive order to delay the state's April 7 presidential primary, which was subsequently blocked by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
| March 25 2020 | Expanded the statewide restrictions to a 'safer at home' order, originally set to expire on April 25, limiting people's movements to essential business and exercise. |
| March 17 2020 | Instituted a statewide ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 13 2020 | Ordered all schools in Wisconsin to close by March 18, with no reopening until at least April 6. |
| March 12 2020 | Declared a public health emergency in Wisconsin due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 2020 | Evers wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting a halt to negotiations with Laos regarding deportations of Wisconsin's Hmong refugee population, citing historical human rights violations in Laos. |
| January 2020 | Evers created a nonpartisan redistricting commission by executive order to propose an alternative map for post-2020 census redistricting, challenging the Republican-controlled legislature's proposed map. |
| 2019 | Evers introduced his first budget proposal, which increased taxes by $1.3 billion, contradicting his earlier campaign pledge. PolitiFact rated this as a 'full flop' in terms of his tax position. |
| 2019 | Tony Evers concluded his long-serving role as State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction after 18 years in the position. |
| 2019 | Evers began systematically vetoing legislation across multiple policy areas, including election procedures, pandemic government powers, education, federal aid, redistricting, guns, police and crime, abortion, social welfare programs, and regulations and licensing. |
| December 2019 | Tony Evers sent a letter to the Trump administration affirming Wisconsin's willingness to accept refugees, criticizing federal refugee policies and emphasizing refugees are 'part of the fabric of the state'. |
| June 2019 | Governor Tony Evers issued an executive order to fly the rainbow flag at Wisconsin's Capitol Building for Pride month, marking the first time the rainbow flag had ever been flown above the state capitol, demonstrating support for LGBT rights. |
| April 2019 | A Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision endorsed Evers's reappointments, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court later reinstated 15 of Walker's original appointees. |
| March 2019 | A judge ruled that Walker's 82 state position appointments violated the constitution, shortly after the start of Evers's first term. |
| February 2019 | Evers withdrew Wisconsin National Guard forces from the border with Mexico, opposing President Trump's 'national emergency' declaration. |
| February 2019 | Evers's administration proposed a budget that included legalizing medical marijuana, decriminalizing marijuana possession, and repealing annual cannabidiol certification requirements. |
| January 2019 | Tony Evers announced the inclusion of medical marijuana in his state budget as a 'first step' toward legalization. |
| January 7 2019 | Tony Evers was inaugurated as the 46th Governor of Wisconsin, marking the start of his first term in office. |
| 2018 | During his campaign, Tony Evers outlined his educational policy platform, advocating for increased K-12 education funding, collaboration with Republicans to support underperforming schools, expansion of Pre-K education, and freezing in-state higher education tuition. |
| 2018 | Republican-controlled legislature met in a lame-duck session and passed legislation to reduce the powers of the incoming governor and attorney general before Evers took office. |
| 2018 | During his campaign, Tony Evers proposed a 10% income tax cut for Wisconsin residents earning less than $100,000 per year and pledged not to raise taxes. |
| November 6 2018 | Evers narrowly defeated incumbent Governor Scott Walker in the general election for Wisconsin governor. |
| October 2018 | A federal appeals court found Evers did not violate constitutional clauses when denying busing to an independent Catholic school. |
| August 2018 | Won the Democratic primary for governor, defeating 10 other candidates with 41% of the vote. |
| August 14 2018 | Evers won the eight-candidate Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor. |
| 2017 | Re-elected as Wisconsin's Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
| 2017 | Evers won reelection as State Superintendent, defeating Republican candidate Lowell Holtz with approximately 70% of the vote. |
| 2017 | Tony Evers secured increased state investment to improve student mental health by increasing the number of trained professionals in schools and providing more funding for mental health training and cross-sector collaboration. |
| August 2017 | Announced his candidacy for governor of Wisconsin. |
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