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for your time.
>> Thanks so much for

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having us.
>> And go Badgers.

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>> We're continuing our
look at some of the biggest

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issues in the race for
governor. As a reminder,

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you can see the interviews
for nine different

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candidates on our web page,
PBS Wisconsin. Org. And

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then click on the news tab.
Here's Zac Schultz asking

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the leading candidates for
governor to show us their

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track record of
bipartisanship and working

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across the aisle.
>> With a Democratic

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governor and a Republican
legislature. The last eight

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years in Wisconsin politics
have been defined by

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gridlock and a lack of
trust in the Capitol. And

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whether a Democrat or
Republican wins the race

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for governor this fall,
there's a good chance the

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other party will control at
least one chamber of the

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legislature, meaning the
next governor will need to

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know how to work across the
aisle to pass a budget. We

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asked nine of the leading
candidates for governor

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about their track record of
bipartisanship.

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>> I'm incredibly proud to
have passed the Asian

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American education
legislation that was

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Republican led, where we
had stakeholders from all

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across the state, a
coalition that was

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multi-generational and
multi ethnic, where

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Republicans and I came
together to make sure we

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delivered for working class
families and what they were

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demanding.
history, again, over 20

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years of working with some
of the most conservative

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Republicans to get things
done, whether it's criminal

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justice reform, whether
it's helping to pass the

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first pro-choice
legislation in a generation,

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working with in a
Republican anti-choice

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assembly and getting that
passed into law, or just

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earlier this year, where I
helped expand access to

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rural health care options
by allowing nurse

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practitioners to practice.
And for a long time, I was

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the only Democrat on that
bill. And Governor Evers

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vetoed that bill several
times. We finally got it

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done. So I have a long
history of being able to

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work well with folks from
across the political

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spectrum.
>> So I've done bills when

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I was in the legislature
and as well as in Congress,

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working on a bipartisan
basis. And we're going to

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try to do the same thing.
The thing that I won't get

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away from is my principles,
though. And number one is

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we got to make sure that we
have balanced budgets. We

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cannot spend too much money.
The second thing is we got

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to do a better job with our
educational system public,

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private, parochial,
homeschool, whatever every

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kid in Wisconsin should
expect to get a good

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education regardless of
their zip code.

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>> Yeah, I mean, even out
of office, I've been

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working with a bipartisan
group on democracy reform

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because there are a lot of
folks, sometimes both sides

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of the aisle who, you know,
may make comments, may say

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certain things, or, you
know, we've seen these

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issues, obviously, January
6th, but other instances

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where people call into
question the integrity of

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elections and campaigns.
And, you know, with a

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bipartisan group we've
worked to instill more

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confidence in the electoral
process.

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was confirmed twice by the
Republican Senate

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unanimously as secretary of
Economic Development. And

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if you asked any of them, I
believe that they would say

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they have a record of
working with me. I would

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also say that I've had a
bipartisan board at Wedc

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for six years, and in that
whole time we had two close

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votes. Other than that, the
board was practically

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unanimous in many of our
moves approving our budgets,

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passing programs. So I have
a mindset of working with

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everybody who is willing to
come to the table and have

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good discussions and think
about how do we make

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Wisconsin better.
>> I think this has been

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one of the things I've been
most critical of recently

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is the lack of
communication between the

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East Wing and the
legislative branches. Both,

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I mean, look back to the
state budget process. The

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Democrat minority leader is
critical of the Democrat

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governor for not even
giving her a seat at the

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table in the conversation
about the budget. You know,

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Greta Neubauer and I
probably don't agree on a

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whole lot. One thing we do
agree on is everybody

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should have a seat at the
table. 90% of things, we

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probably disagree, but
there's probably going to

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be 1 or 2 where I'm like,
yeah, that makes sense. How

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do we get to. Yes.
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somebody who over the
course of 30 years has

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demonstrated that I am a
relationship person. First.

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It's something that I have
made a point of, and I have

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ensured that as I go
throughout my career, I

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think I check my ideology
at the door when I want to

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roll up my sleeves and get
things done. It's necessary

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to do in the nonprofit
sector, it's necessary to

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do in government.
>> You know, I spent seven

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years in the state capitol.
So, you know, having worked

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under both Governor Evers
administration as well as

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Governor Walker's
administration, I've had to

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to navigate these political
landmines, if you will. And

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as the county executive of
Milwaukee County, I've

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worked with the Republican
controlled legislature not

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only to benefit Milwaukee,
but every community across

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the state with the passage
of act 12, but continue to

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work across the aisle even
in this most recent budget,

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where we're going to
receive reimbursements for

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our highway patrol, giving
us the ability to invest in

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our public safety building
in our courtrooms to make

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sure that we can deliver
justice for those who need

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it and take care of those
who are in our care. And so

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I'm going to always show up
and deliver for those that

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I represent. And I want
communities all across the

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state to know I'm going to
be a governor for everybody,

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not just one party.
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rhetoric community, I'm
used to having those types

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of conversations with
Republicans. I represented

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a purple district. My
strategy would be able to

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do things that have, you
know, wild popular support

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in Wisconsin and be able to
start with those types of

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things. So whether that is
fully funding our public

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schools, we know that
that's something that

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people want to do within
Wisconsin. We want to make

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sure that we're going to be
able to get some relief for

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healthcare across, across
the finish line. I'm

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willing to work with
anybody who's going to make

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life better for Wisconsin.
life better for Wisconsin.