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electing Tom Tiffany as
governor.

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>> Thank you so much for
having me.

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you'll get to know those
running in the August

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primary for governor. Last
week, you heard from two

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Republicans in the race. Up
next, Zach sits down with

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Milwaukee County Executive
David Crowley.

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>> David Crowley, thanks
for joining us.

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>> So happy to be here.
Thank you for having me.

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>> So for voters who don't
elevator pitch, introduce

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running?
husband. I'm a father. I'm

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the Milwaukee County
executive and a lifelong

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Wisconsinites. And I was
born and raised in the city

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of Milwaukee. And I know
there's so much that our

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entire state has to offer.
And so I'm running for

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in the state, I believe in
its people. But more

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importantly, I know how to
deliver results. And I know

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that there are a lot of
people who are dealing with

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the affordability crisis.
And, you know, there are

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many families who are
getting less, even if

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they're making more and
more money today. And so

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with life getting more
expensive and families

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getting Streu's, it doesn't
mean that we can't help

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Wisconsinites out. And
that's why I'm running for

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governor to be a governor
for all of us.

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>> Is there a single issue
that drives you, or perhaps

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a lane within the
Democratic Party that

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defines you?
affordability crisis

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because things are rising
in costs, whether we're

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talking housing, whether
we're talking groceries,

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we're seeing utilities and
people are seeing the rise

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in inflation under this
current administration, and

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they want somebody who's
going to be there for them,

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not just the governor who's
going to listen, but who's

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built solutions from the
ground up, who's going to

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make sure that people are
at the table who are

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directly impacted by the
sure that they can be a

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part of the decision making.
At the same time.

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>> How much money do you
need to raise in order to

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be competitive and win this
primary?

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to tell you that it's
unfortunate how much money

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is being spent in elections
that we have been breaking

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many, many different
records when it comes down

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to campaign spending. We've
seen that in the two

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Supreme Court races here
locally. But I also don't

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think that we should play
behind the eight ball. And

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so I'm going to continue to
fundraise here locally to

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make sure that we have
enough resources to get us

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over, not just the primary
election, but to get us

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through the general as well.
>> When it comes to a

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primary like this, what is
the line for you personally

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between negative
campaigning against a

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member of your own party
versus defining maybe some

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flaws or some issue
differences between you and

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an opponent?
>> You know, these

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elections are opportunities
for the electorate to know

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who each person is. And so
we're going to just stick

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to the facts, stick to the
things that, you know, we

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have done on this, on this
campaign trail, what I have

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done as Milwaukee County
Executive. This isn't about

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mudslinging. This is really
about focusing on how we

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are going to deliver
results for those that we

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represent. No matter if you
live in an urban, suburban

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or rural area, this is
about how to make sure that

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we're going to make life
easier for those families,

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for those individuals, for
those workers every single

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day. And that's what we're
going to focus on, because

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that's what matters. That's
not a Republican or

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about the Wisconsin agenda.
>> So for voters who only

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care about winning, of
seeing their party win, do

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you think they should be
focusing more on the issues

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that candidates represent
>> Well, we got to focus on

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on both. We got to focus on
the issues that are

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affecting communities all
across this entire state.

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But we also need someone
who has experience. You

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know, I bring a very unique
executive leadership,

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spending seven years in the
state Capitol, but also

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serving as the county
executive for the past five

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years. And so I'm the only
candidate in this race that

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has experience in the
legislature, but actually

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running a government,
balancing billion dollar

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budgets and really tackling
the issues head on. So I

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think it's a it's a
combination of both, but

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it's about how do we
outside of our comfort zone,

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go all across the entire
state of Wisconsin to let

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voters know what we're
putting on the table?

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>> Most of the Democrats in
this race have connections

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either to Madison or
Milwaukee. How do you reach

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the rest of the state?
Rural Wisconsin Outstate

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>> Well, I think it's no
secret. I'm uniquely

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positioned to bring out
more Democratic votes out

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of Milwaukee County than
any other candidate in this

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race, especially winning
with 85% of the vote. With

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my last reelection just in
2024. But it's about

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showing up. Folks want a
governor who's going to

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listen, who's going to be
there for them, and make

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sure that they're at the
table when it comes down to

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figuring out those
solutions. And I'm the only

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candidate who has to, that
has a proven track record

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that I can deliver on the
things that we're talking

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campaign trail in 2023, you
know, I worked together to

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build a coalition all
across the state of

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Wisconsin, building
stakeholders, government

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business leaders to pass
act 12, which allowed for

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more money to come from
Madison, to go to every

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local municipality, no
matter its size, so they

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can invest in things that
matter for them. Things

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like fire, police, housing,
transportation, the quality

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of life issues that matter
to those local residents.

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And I'm going to continue
to do that as the next

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governor of Wisconsin.
>> What impact do you think

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Donald Trump will have on
this primary, first of all,

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and on the election in
general?

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know, no matter who is in
the highest office in the

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land, whether that's a
Democratic Joe Biden or

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President Donald Trump,
they're going to put their

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thumb on this scale. But I
think it's extremely

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important that it's not
just about fighting back

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against many of these
dangerous policies that

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we're seeing coming out of
Washington, D.C. it's about

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what vision, what agenda?
As Democrats are we going

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to put on the table? I know
that I'm frustrated with

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who's occupying the white
House like many others, but

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also as a healthy level of
frustration with Democrats

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and Republicans not being
able to put an agenda on

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the table, not bringing a
cohesive message to really

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energize the base and put
something put an

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alternative out there. And
we're going to do this on

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this campaign, making sure
that folks understand that

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this is going to be a new
campaign, whether you're a

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Democrat, Republican or
independent, or don't care

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about politics in general.
There's room on this