An independent Wisconsin voter project
Tom Tiffany — U.S. Rep. from Wisconsin's 7th District and the GOP's nominee for Governor — has a career built on loud claims and quiet votes. This site collects what he actually said, voted, sponsored, and accepted, with a source link on every single claim.
Election day countdown — Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
The coward's dossier
A coward is defined by what he won't do when it counts. These are the moments where the campaign ads and the roll-call votes don't line up — each card links to its primary source.
On a podcast, Tiffany said the war was largely over and it was “time to wrap things up and come back home.” Hours later, he voted against a war-powers resolution directing the President to end hostilities. He did this five times (H.Con.Res. 38, 40, 75, 86, 89). The last two passed the House anyway — 215–208 and 214–208.
Hours after the Capitol riot, Tiffany voted to overturn certified 2020 election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania (one of 147 House Republicans), had signed the Texas v. United States amicus brief asking SCOTUS to throw out Wisconsin's results, and objected to Wisconsin's own electors. In 2026 he acknowledged Biden won — while still citing “improprieties” — and says he does not regret the votes.
In Dec 2021: “I will always stand for life and support legislation that protects the unborn.” In 2023 he co-sponsored a national six-week ban with no rape/incest exceptions. Before launching his governor run, his website deleted abortion entirely. Then, on camera: “I stand by that vote, and I'll stand by it as governor” — while also saying the bill “wasn't his position.” In Oct 2026, radical anti-abortion groups re-endorsed him, undercutting his new “moderate” branding.
As lead author of the 2013 iron-mining bill, Tiffany rewrote state mining law for an open-pit mine near the Bad River watershed — with GTac's attorneys helping draft it. On the floor: “the judge needs to know it was the Legislature's intent to allow adverse (environmental) impacts.” GTac withdrew in 2015. No mine was ever built. Sierra Club WI scored him 0% in three of four state sessions; LCV gives his Congress a 1% lifetime.
His Apostle Islands National Park bill (H.R. 5497) is opposed by the Red Cliff Band, Bad River Band, Bayfield County and at least eight local governments. The Red Cliff Tribal Council: it “will not be gaslit nor dismissed by Congressman Tiffany.” On the House floor he argued against a tribal-consultation amendment — calling it a delay — while claiming his staff met the Red Cliff lobbyist “more than a dozen times.” The bill cleared committee 20–17 over that opposition.
After two U.S. citizens — Renee Good (ICE, Jan 7) and Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse from Green Bay (CBP, Jan 24) — were shot dead in Minneapolis, Tiffany said he had not watched the videos of either shooting, blamed Minnesota's Democratic leadership for “refus[ing] to engage with the federal government,” and pledged to work with ICE as governor. DPW Chair Devin Remiker: a “pathetic excuse from a pathetic man.”
His campaign blocked a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter from a campaign event after telling her she wasn't a “fair reporter” — drawing condemnation from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. A separate poll around the same time showed Wisconsinites overwhelmingly supported the bipartisan budget-surplus deal Tiffany had called GOP senators to lobby against.
He sponsored 2011 Act 169 — a mandatory wolf hunt whenever wolves come off the endangered list, regardless of scientific or tribal input — and made wolf delisting his first bill in Congress, reintroduced every session since. In 2025 he claimed “three threats that have been documented to humans in Wisconsin.” No documented wolf–human conflicts exist in the state.
A career in retreat
Two decades of promises, votes, and positioning shifts — in order.
In his own words
Direct quotes, each with its source. Hover a card to see the context.
Follow the money
The 2026 governor's race is a case study in how party committees let unlimited money flow to one candidate. All figures from Wisconsin Ethics Commission filings, as reported by the linked outlets.
Also on file: Enbridge (Line 5) gave him $10,000 over five years while he testified the reroute was “vital to Wisconsin and our country” — the project whose construction caused a 2026 rupture that released 1M+ gallons of natural gas liquids. Mining interests paid him $74,915 during the Gogebic Taconite fight, when GTac's attorneys helped draft his mining bill.
November 3, 2026
As of October 15, 2026 — the last date this dossier was compiled.
Fielded Sept 16–23, released Sept 30 · likely voters
5% undecided · within the ±4.8-pt margin of error. VoteHub 8-poll average through Oct 1: Crowley 47.0%, Tiffany 43.8%. AP calls it a “dead heat.”
Receipts
Compiled October 15, 2026 from public records. Voting records and quotes were verified against official clerk records, congress.gov, and news archives; interpretive claims are attributed to their sources.
An independent, non-partisan-organization project. This website is not a candidate, PAC, or committee. It does not solicit or accept contributions, and it is unaffiliated with any political party, campaign, or organization. All opinions expressed are those of the creators.
Fair comment & public record. This site presents statements, votes, filings, and records made by a public official in his official capacity, each linked to its underlying source. Criticism of a public figure's official conduct is protected expression under the First Amendment. Where this site characterizes or interprets events (e.g., “coward,” “Toxic Tom”), it does so as opinion grounded in the cited record — “Toxic Tom” is a nickname used by conservation groups and reported by the press, not our invention.
Accuracy & corrections. Every factual claim carries an inline source link. If you believe a statement or vote is mischaracterized, contact us with the primary record and we will review and correct it promptly.
AI disclosure. Artificial intelligence tools were used in developing this website and in assisting data collection and verification of public records. All facts were checked against the linked primary sources (congress.gov, House Clerk roll-call records, Wisconsin Ethics Commission filings, and the named news outlets) as of October 15, 2026.
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