The rap on Tom Tiffany
a year ago, when he was
first being floated as a
candidate for governor
was can he raise any money?
Well, he's had billionaires
that have transferred money
through the party to him.
He's funded a lot of ads.
He's already on
the air right now.
Will he have enough
or do you think maybe
the billionaire faucet
gets turned off if they
don't view this as
as winnable a race with it
Crowley versus Hong?
Oh, I think he's going to
raise more money than
any candidate in history.
That includes the self-funders
that we've had in the
last couple of cycles
on the Republican side.
I think
I don't think money
is going to be an issue for
Tom Tiffany.
I think they're going to do even
more on the low dollar side.
That's out there.
It's called low-hanging fruit
in politics.
They can easily go get that.
But Tom Tiffany will
not have a resource issue.
Will Democrats
have enough money?
Ben Wikler is not there
at the Democratic Party
to bring in all that money.
He's helping with it.
Yeah, I think he'll be
I think he'll be helping out.
Yeah, the Democratic strategy
is to raise a lot of money
right?
I mean, they've done
a very good job using
things like the loopholes
created by Robin Vos.
We've never
been in on the grift!
Mayhaps.
Mayhaps another instance
of being hoisted on
your own petard.
They have $5 million
left to spend, of course
because the Republicans
what they wanted to accomplish
was that Fran Hong
not be the next governor
of the great state of Wisconsin
and with their
$5 million of spending
have achieved their goal.
So
I'm sure they're
popping champagne bottles
over that one.
It's, this is going to be
a wide-open race.
Clearly, as you pointed out
Tom Tiffany
has raised $10 million
of his money in 2026
from three billionaires
the two Uihleins
and Diane Hendricks.