{"id":1055276,"date":"2025-07-24T18:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055276"},"modified":"2025-07-24T18:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:06:16","slug":"dnc-statement-on-governor-tony-evers-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-governor-tony-evers-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Governor Tony Evers\u2019 Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement in response to Governor Tony Evers announcing his retirement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany of us got involved in politics to make a difference in people\u2019s lives. From his decades-long record of successfully bringing people together to his tireless fight for working families across Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers has certainly made a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernor Evers never shied away from standing up for what\u2019s right. He successfully funded public schools for the next four hundred years, successfully fought to overturn Wisconsin\u2019s abortion ban, cut taxes for working families by $1.5 billion, and secured fair legislative maps for the people of Wisconsin. Governor Evers has shown us time and again what leadership looks like, fighting for our values with bold ideas and demonstrating what is possible when you make families and kids your guiding light.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter five decades of public service \u2014 serving as a school principal, superintendent, and eventually governor \u2014 we thank Governor Evers and his family for their service to Wisconsin and wish him nothing but the best as he heads into a well-deserved and hard-earned retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement in response to Governor Tony Evers announcing his retirement:&nbsp; \u201cMany of us got involved in politics to make a difference in people\u2019s lives. From his decades-long record of successfully bringing people together to his tireless fight for working families across Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers has certainly made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Governor Tony Evers\u2019 Retirement - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-governor-tony-evers-retirement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T22:06:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T22:06:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-governor-tony-evers-retirement\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-governor-tony-evers-retirement\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Governor Tony Evers\u2019 Retirement - 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