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Melissa Hughes: “I worked for [Governor Evers] for six and a half years.”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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

Published | Video Starts at 08:08

So if you had been in Governor Evers shoes, how would you have handled this differently? Well, I first want to say I have so, so much respect for Governor Evers. I worked for [Governor Evers] for six and a half years. I saw him fight through the pandemic. I worked with him while we the pandemic. 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. (08:08–08:12)

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