Tiffany, Crowley Clash Over $3 Billion Surplus and 20-Week Abortion Limit in Wisconsin Debate
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Tiffany, Crowley Clash Over $3 Billion Surplus and 20-Week Abortion Limit in Wisconsin Debate
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Summary
Less than two weeks before Election Day, Tom Tiffany and David Crowley used Wisconsin’s only televised governor debate to sharpen contrasts on abortion, taxes, immigration and data centers in a race polls still show as tight.
Tiffany anchored his abortion stance to Wisconsin’s existing 20-week limit and promised to return the state’s nearly $3 billion surplus through permanent tax cuts, including a 10% middle-income cut; Crowley refused to name a gestational limit and said the surplus should also fund schools, child care and health care.
On immigration, Tiffany said sheriffs should be required to honor federal detainers and coordinate with ICE, while Crowley backed deporting immigrants convicted of crimes but called for tighter limits on ICE operations and judicial warrants for jail access.
Both candidates opposed taxpayer subsidies for data centers, though Crowley backed the current development pause and more renewable power, while Tiffany stressed local control, farmland protections and shielding ratepayers from higher utility bills.
The debate came with Marquette’s September poll showing Crowley ahead 49% to 46%—within the margin of error—and RealClearPolitics rating the contest a toss-up to succeed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.