The online news source WisconsinEye launched its
Campaign 2020 coverage this week, posting numerous interviews with candidates for both state and federal offices. These interviews are in a more relaxed one-on-one format, with questions on various topics posed by WisconsinEye’s Steven Walters, a veteran political reporter. This year’s interviews are virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WHA is a main sponsor of WisEye’s Campaign 2020 coverage, as these interviews are often the best ways to hear candidates describe policy positions in their own words while revealing their unique personalities. With health care a major issue area in the upcoming elections, Walters has been asking candidates about the need for prioritizing hospital support in the next biennial state budget, especially following unprecedented hospital and health system revenue losses due to COVID-19.
“This kind of campaign coverage can really help people understand the choices they have when they vote,” WHA President and CEO Eric Borgerding said. “Helping WisconsinEye with this campaign is another way WHA advances sound health care policy – by letting people get a good look at who’s running to represent them in Madison and Washington, D.C.”
All of the WisEye Campaign 2020 interviews can be found
here, with new interviews added regularly. Wisconsin’s partisan primary election is August 11, with the general election on November 3.