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Melissa Hughes: “[Governor Evers] has been through such an incredible…”

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Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside

Published May 15, 2026 | Video Starts at 08:34

I worked with him while we tried to make Wisconsin better in the face of a legislature that was throwing his budgets and his proposals in the bin. I saw what he did, bringing us fair maps. He [Governor Evers] has been through such an incredible process. So were I to be sitting in Governor Ever's shoes, I'm not in a position to second guess him. And that's why I'm so frustrated with what happened. (08:34–08:38)

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“For years and years, there has been a surplus of our budget at the state level.”
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“That money has, according to the way most people look at it, sat in Madison and hasn't been reinvested.”
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside | Uploaded May 15, 2026 | 02:14-02:23
“There just hasn't been agreement between the legislature and the governor how to invest those dollars.”
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“We've seen our public schools really struggling for resources.”
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“Communities [in Wisconsin] having to go to referendums.”
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside | Uploaded May 15, 2026 | 02:56-02:59
“On Monday, those three folks that you just mentioned announced that they had reached a deal, an agreement, [to] spend some of the surplus.”
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“It was both going to be used for special needs education, for relief for our public schools and resources for our public schools, but also a…”
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside | Uploaded May 15, 2026 | 04:06-04:22
“Wisconsinites are so frustrated with government in Wisconsin because it is so divided and so incapable of moving forward.”
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“I worked for [Governor Evers] for six and a half years.”
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside | Uploaded May 15, 2026 | 08:08-08:12
“Governor Evers did that work. He looked at it and he said, we have an opportunity to get desperately needed funds for special needs to our…”
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside | Uploaded May 15, 2026 | 10:43-10:52
“The surplus is a one time moment.”
Wisconsin Governor Candidate Missy Hughes on the Budget Surplus Vote | Curbside | Uploaded May 15, 2026 | 11:36-11:40
“We have public school funding, we have health care funding, we have to take care of our roads and our infrastructure.”
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“We need to have leadership in place that can help [with responsibilities].”
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“We need to keep the ship moving in the right direction.”
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