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Greta Neubauer: “Polling from Better Wisconsin Together shows Democrats up in…”

Featuring: Greta Neubauer, Democratic | Minority Leader, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 66

WisPolitics-State Affairs Luncheon with Assembly Democratic Leader Greta Neubauer

Published May 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 17:23

This is the goal for Democrats this year. I mean, what kind of odds are you giving at Trifecta? We are feeling very optimistic. I'm sure that won't be a surprise to you. Polling from Better Wisconsin Together shows Democrats up in targeted assembly districts. and they had Democrats up in the districts that they poll enough districts for us to win. We had a generic Democrat up against a named Republican incumbent in those districts. (17:23–17:30)

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Asserts that recent polling indicates Democrats are leading in certain targeted assembly districts in Wisconsin.

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“The cost was too high at 1.8 billion with a surplus just over 2.”
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“We have gerrymandered maps here in Wisconsin that are in favor of Republicans 6, 2 at the congressional level.”
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“Robin [Vos] has wielded incredible power in the state of Wisconsin for a long time, and he is stepping down.”
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“A proposal would have significantly spent down the state surplus.”
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“This [proposal] would have put us in a very difficult financial position in the years ahead.”
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“The proposal did not pass in the state Senate.”
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“We were in conversations with the governor's office, but we just did not see eye to eye on responsible use of these dollars.”
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“Republican leaders didn't need votes in our caucus, so there wasn't interest in making changes in our House.”
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“They [Republicans] are desperate to have voters forget about the last 16 years of failing to invest in our school and lower costs.”
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“There just was not interest by those Republican leaders in making substantial changes to the bill.”
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“It is a difficult time for people across the state of Wisconsin and that getting a check is not a small thing.”
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“We want to be able to responsibly be stewards of the state of Wisconsin's finances.”
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“I would say it was an incumbent protection program.”
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“Howard Marklines and Todd Novaks wanted this bill to get done to tell their constituents they were going to send them a check.”
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“I do not want to be in a position a year from now where we're talking about cutting health care or cutting schools.”
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“What we were talking about was about 300 million for special education, which we know is just frankly not enough to stop the cycle of…”
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“My home district of Racine Unified has gone to referendum twice in the last couple of years.”
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“We're also looking at a looming cut with the hospital assessment if that doesn't come through from the Trump administration.”
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“We also see that we have gerrymandered maps here in Wisconsin that are in favor of Republicans 6, 2 at the congressional level.”
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“It is a real challenge to not have any funding this year [for the Knowles Gaylord Nelson stewardship program].”
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“Democrats have not had a trifecta in Wisconsin for a long time.”
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“We do not have the money that Minnesota had when they got their trifecta.”
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“Revenues continue to grow.”
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“The top priority for us is going to be lowering costs for the people of Wisconsin.”
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“The Republican majority has failed to invest in areas causing structural problems in Wisconsin.”
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“We are feeling very optimistic. I'm sure that won't be a surprise to you.”
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“We just saw some polling come out from better Wisconsin together. They were looking at targeted assembly districts and they had Democrats up…”
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“Trump is deeply underwater in all of those districts.”
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“Todd Novak has been in office and doing very little to prevent [school closures].”
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“Ben is able to campaign full time while he's on leave from the state.”
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“It's been about four and a half years that I've been the leader in the Assembly Democratic Caucus.”
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“We were frankly, in a pretty deep hole with the Republican gerrymander that had been in place for several years.”
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“The retirement numbers that we've seen both in the Senate and Assembly Republican caucuses have to do with the fact that the leaders are…”
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“It is, of course, challenging to lose out on significant revenue from that sales tax exemption.”
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“There's a good decision recently, I think, from the PSC and making sure that we saw more of the cost being borne by particularly Microsoft…”
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“We're seeing growing concern with the proliferation of data centers in Wisconsin and across the country.”
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“I think we'll absolutely look to pass Monday ballot processing and other pro democracy measures that would allow clerks to have the…”
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“After 10 years plus of Act 10 and disinvestment in public education, we, of course, have talked about your school and some of the innovative…”
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“We do know that Wisconsin is a difficult place for black children to grow up.”
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“Yes, I think [the school funding formula] is [broken].”
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“Generally relying on property taxpayers to foot more and more of the bill is not sustainable.”
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“I do not think the state has been doing its part to fund education.”
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“Legalizing medical and recreational marijuana is absolutely on the table. That would bring in significant revenues to the state of…”
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“We do need to make sure that corporations and the wealthiest people in this state are paying their fair share.”
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“Some of the tax changes made under Scott Walker are things we would be considering changing in the future.”
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“Not people who are on Social Security, elderly, or people who were, you know, the lowest earners in our state.”
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