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2030. Reporting from
Madison. I'm Zac Schultz

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for "Here& Now".
>> Now that the Supreme

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Court election is over,
attention shifts to the

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next election. Tom Tiffany,
the only prominent

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Republican running for
governor, responded to

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Tuesday's outsized win for
liberal justice elect Chris

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Taylor.
>> We got our butts kicked

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last night, right? There's
no doubt about it. And we

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should acknowledge that.
But the election that's

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coming up this fall in
November is a new election.

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And you guys know as well
as anyone, every election

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is unique. And I have built
a campaign money, manpower

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and messaging. We're going
to compete on all fronts.

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>> Before a challenger
takes on Tiffany in

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November. Seven Democrats
are running to win the

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nomination in the August
primary. The first two

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Marquette polls have shown
a wide open race, with 65%

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of all Democratic voters
saying they haven't made up

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their minds. Reporter Zac
Schultz has been on the

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campaign trail and tells us
how the Democrats are

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handling this crowded
primary.

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>> Sara Rodriguez
>> Pick a city across the

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state.
you doing? Good. Are you.

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>> In on any given weekend?
>> How are you?

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>> There's a good chance.
>> First off, I'm Missy

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Hughes.
>> You'll find one of the

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Democrats running for
governor, shaking hands and

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introducing themselves.
>> My name is Kelda Roys,

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and I'm running for
governor.

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launched their campaigns
last year, but the polling

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shows the race has just
started, with most

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candidates polling in the
low single digits.

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>> You know, we're about 5
to 6 months into this race

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and still have a long
runway ahead of us.

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>> The bottom line for the
statewide poll, very

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credible, is that almost
nobody has made up their

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mind about this, and it's a
wide open race.

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>> This is the first time
I've run for office, so I'm

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excited to learn what
Wisconsinites are really

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thinking about, what
they're concerned about

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with the future.
>> No poll before people

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have actually started
paying for communications

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is going to tell you
anything reliable about the

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electorate.
>> What I say to them is

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really look at who can win
in November, who has the

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most experience, who's been
able to win in difficult

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races.
>> Only Mandela Barnes and

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Francesca Hong are polling
above 10%.

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>> Poll numbers are poll
numbers doesn't change our

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program. We're showing up
all across Wisconsin. We're

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talking to people, and
there's a poll that came

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out two days before, showed
me with a lead with eight

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points above the next
person. So polls are polls

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are always scattered all
over the place.

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>> Hong in particular is
taking a different approach

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to the campaign. We met her
in La Crosse, where her

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event doubled as a benefit
for Driftless Mutual Aid,

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and she skipped the speech
and just helped the other

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volunteers.
>> We are organizing and

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community powered campaign,
so events like this,

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community actions with
support from mutual aid

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efforts. This is what I
hope more politicians will

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start doing.
>> With two thirds of all

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Democrats undecided. Each
voter the candidate

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convinces now has a chance
to influence an even larger

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audience.
>> I'm seeing a ton of

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engagement around the state
when I go to Brown County

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or Marinette, folks are
showing up for meetings.

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They want to understand
where the candidates are,

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who the candidates are.
>> That makes these small

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meet and greets that much
more important.

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>> Clearly, this is an
engaged electorate. People

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who want to make sure that
we are doing the right

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level of organizing to be
ready for this fall.

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>> I mean, you absolutely
have your political junkies

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who are who are tuning in
and asking a lot of

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questions. But we also know
there's a lot happening in

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the world.
election over. It's a four

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month sprint to the August
primary villain.

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>> Incredible. A few months
in, actually incredible

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response all across the
state, we've been traveling

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nonstop. The response has
been incredible. We see the

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momentum continue to grow.
We see support increase all

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across Wisconsin.
>> I'm feeling really good

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about the race. I'm feeling
really good about what my

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team is doing. We are going
all across the state, all

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72 counties, talking to
everybody because I firmly

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believe you can't lead if
you don't listen.

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>> I feel great. I feel
like I'm getting a huge

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amount of momentum as I
travel across the state,

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and it's really a joy to
campaign when people are

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feeling like we're on the
cusp of something different