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Section size for Tony Evers (36 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	6,801	6,801
Early life and career	3,263	3,263
Department of Public Instruction (2001–2019)	864	7,359
State Superintendent	2,890	6,495
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)	683	683
Funding formula proposal	1,248	1,248
Relations with tribal nations	541	541
Sparsity aid	558	558
Student mental health	575	575
Governor of Wisconsin (2019–present)	43	28,721
Elections	16	2,265
2018	1,622	1,622
2022	627	627
Tenure	768	26,413
Republican efforts to restrict gubernatorial power	6,742	6,742
First term	14,366	14,366
Second term	4,537	4,537
Political positions	624	16,283
Abortion	983	983
Education	1,262	1,262
Gerrymandering	5,279	5,279
Gun control	571	571
Health care	1,576	1,576
Immigration	1,743	1,743
Income tax	2,262	2,262
Infrastructure	281	281
LGBT rights	521	521
Marijuana legalization	1,181	1,181
Personal life	972	972
Electoral history	22	16,567
Superintendent of Public Instruction (2001)	2,213	2,213
Superintendent of Public Instruction (2009, 2013, 2017)	7,750	7,750
Wisconsin Governor (2018, 2022)	6,582	6,582
See also	128	128
References	28	28
External links	2,308	2,308
Total	82,430	82,430

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for speedy deletion

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Tony Evers Official Portrait.jpg

You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 01:52, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Protected status

I am going to put this article under protected status for autoconfirmed users only. The subject is a recently elected governor who defeated a controversial incumbent. Recent vandalism by un-registered editors has led me to believe that protecting this page would be a best course of action for a while. Any disagreements? --Madds212 (talk) 14:53, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wisconsin Supreme Court – conservative majority

It's clearly relevant to note that the majority that ruled to end Evers' stay-at-home order were conservatives. This is something that every single reliable source that covers the decision notes and it's obviously relevant context. Furthermore, the only reason it's getting reverted is because the editor, Malerooster, has a weird creepy obsession with me and stalks me around this encyclopedia. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 02:21, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion

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his education

Does he really have a PhD? The mini-bio on his official page (evers.wi.gov) says "doctoral degree in educational administration". I suspect it is probably an EdD rather than a PhD.HenryLarsen (talk) 10:36, 1 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Too opinionated?

In the first paragraph under the ‘tenure’ section it says “ The legislature also enacted legislation to restrict voting rights,”. This may be too opinionated for Wikipedia. Benmsch (talk) 23:30, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral point of view

I find the neutral point of view of this article to be questionable. Take this section for example:

"The problem had been created by two items in Scott Walker's 2011 "budget reforms": first, the formula for sharing state tax revenue to local governments had been adjusted to artificially create a state budget surplus by slowly starving municipalities."

Another section describes Republican-led attempts to restrict Evers' gubernatorial powers as "partisan". Pdogconn (talk) 03:53, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How else can Republican-led efforts to restrict Evers' gubernatorial powers be described, except as "partisan"? The efforts are being done because the Republican Party is the political rival of the Democratic Party. These efforts have included preventing Evers from appointing preferred nominees, changing voting laws to benefit Republicans over Democrats, or restrict Evers' discretion in spending federal funds.

Evers has used his veto power more frequently than any governor in Wisconsin history, as mentioned in the article, which can also be described as "partisan." Specifically, they are due to policy differences over most issues between him and the Republican-controlled Wisconsin legislature.

I'm open to changing the word "starving," and other loaded language. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 01:57, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]