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Ben Wikler: “Susan Crawford wound up getting more votes than any…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Ben Wikler Discusses Transition from Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair and Reflects on Political Landscape

Published | Video Starts at 02:58

We had more volunteer shifts completed in the spring election in 2025 than we did in the midterm elections of 2022, which is something that I never thought that I would be able to say. And Susan Crawford wound up getting more votes than any Republican candidate for governor in a November election in Wisconsin. Pretty wild. It just blows my mind and that that wasn't inevitable. And like, it could, you know, the Republican strategy was to try to get more votes than Janet Protosiewicz had gotten because she had set a new high watermark. (02:58–03:05)

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Asserts that Susan Crawford received more votes than any Republican gubernatorial candidate in a November election in Wisconsin.

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