Wire reporting: (AP, via The Philadelphia Inquirer)

MADISON, Wis. — Democrat David Crowley was elected Wisconsin's next governor, defeating Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, while Democrats won both chambers of the Legislature, WISN 12 reported^1,5,9.

WISN said Crowley won 54% to 46%, with more than 2.6 million votes and turnout of 56%¹. The Wisconsin Examiner said The Associated Press called the race Tuesday night with Crowley at 53.6% to Tiffany's 46.4% and 84% of the vote counted¹⁰. He will succeed term-limited Gov. Tony Evers and become the state's first Black governor^1,2,9. At 40, he will also be the youngest person elected to the office since the 1930s, WISN said¹.

Democrats will hold an 18-15 Senate majority and a 53-46 Assembly majority when the new Legislature meets in January, the first time the party has controlled both chambers in 16 years¹. Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, appeared in Milwaukee on Wednesday with lieutenant governor-elect Sara Godlewski and said his immediate focus was the transition and assembling a cabinet¹.

Tiffany conceded Tuesday night, the Wisconsin Examiner and TMJ4 reported^9,10. Crowley told supporters Wisconsin is not a red or blue state and that narrow majorities leave no room for culture wars¹⁰.

CBS News said Crowley, a Milwaukee County executive, tied Tiffany to President Trump and criticized Tiffany's 2020 election-certification vote². Tiffany sought to portray Crowley as a socialist after a crowded Democratic primary that Crowley won by about 4,000 votes over Francesca Hong, after briefly dropping out^2,8.

WISN said Democrats campaigned on expanding Medicaid, repealing Act 10 and legalizing marijuana, and that Crowley did not give a timeline¹. What remains is the January swearing-in and whether those bills move under the new majorities¹.