Proud of his administration’s response to COVID-19, “we turned that around a little bit.” //end headline wrapper ?> Gov. Tony Evers. File photo by Emily Hamer / Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Gov. Tony Evers began 2020 talking about how to spend a budget surplus and preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. By the end of the year, the first-term governor had overseen a sweeping government response to a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, mobilized the National Guard following destructive protests in Madison and Kenosha, and fought repeated Republican ...