Wisconsin — 8th District

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports border enforcement, farm visa reform, and legal pathways

Crosson supports an orderly immigration system that combines targeted border security against human trafficking and fentanyl smuggling with legal reform. He advocates modernizing farm worker visas, expediting work permits, clearing backlogs, and offering earned pathways to legal status for Dreamers and long-term residents.

• Provide border agents with resources targeting human trafficking and fentanyl smuggling.
• Modernize agricultural worker visas and clear work permit backlogs for dairy and food processing industries.
• Establish an earned path to legal status for Dreamers and undocumented community members.
• End arbitrary for-profit detention while guaranteeing due process.

“An orderly, lawful, well-resourced border is the foundation of any working system.”

“Rick supports an earned, commonsense path to legal status for people who want to keep contributing.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports southern border wall completion and strict enforcement

Wied prioritizes securing the southern border by finishing the border wall and reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy. In the House, he has voted for legislation detaining undocumented immigrants arrested for theft or driving under the influence.

• Finish construction of President Trump's southern border wall.
• Reinstate President Trump's Remain in Mexico policy.
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S.5) requiring detention of noncitizens arrested for burglary or theft.
• Voted Yea on H.R.875 making DUI convictions grounds for deportation or inadmissibility.

“In Congress, Tony will prioritize finishing President Trump’s border wall, reinstituting President Trump’s Remain in Mexico Policy, and ensuring our border agents have the funding they need to do their jobs.”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports higher wages, affordable housing, and progressive taxation

Crosson focuses on family affordability by advocating for higher living wages, price-gouging protections, and affordable housing expansion. He supports shifting the federal tax burden toward corporations and high earners.

• Fight for living wages that align with actual living costs in Wisconsin.
• Target price-gouging and corporate middlemen in groceries, prescription drugs, and utilities.
• Expand affordable housing construction and protect first-time homebuyers and renters.
• Reform the tax code to ensure wealthier individuals bear a heavier share of the tax burden.

“Rick will fight for wages that reflect what life actually costs in Wisconsin.”

“Rick believes tax-paying responsibility should be fairly distributed with the heavier burden on the wealthy.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports spending cuts and federal budget reconciliation

Wied focuses on curbing inflation and federal national debt by cutting federal government spending and reducing market regulations. In the House, he voted for budget reconciliation and continuing appropriations bills.

• Prioritize spending cuts to balance the federal budget and control the national debt.
• Voted Yea on H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act reconciliation bill).
• Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.14 establishing the fiscal year 2025 federal budget.
• Leverage private sector business experience to reduce regulatory costs on consumers.

“As a small business owner, Tony knows what it takes to balance the books. He believes we need that same type of leadership in Washington.”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports anti-monopoly laws, right-to-repair, and rural investments

Crosson advocates protecting family farmers by curbing corporate monopolies in agricultural supply chains, seeds, and processing. He supports establishing right-to-repair rights for farm equipment and investing in rural broadband and infrastructure.

• Challenge corporate agricultural consolidation and pass federal right-to-repair legislation for farm equipment.
• Implement stable price support policies to protect small family dairy and crop operations.
• Invest federal funds in rural broadband expansion, local roads, and community development.
• Provide financial assistance and access to land for new and next-generation farmers.

“Rick supports real competition and a fair marketplace, including the right to repair the equipment you own.”

“Rick will fight for policies that give family farms a fair, stable shot—and stand up to the consolidation squeezing them out.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports reducing agricultural regulations to foster producer growth

Wied emphasizes supporting Wisconsin agricultural producers by cutting federal regulations and creating a free-market environment. As a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, he focuses on livestock, dairy, and foreign agriculture subcommittees.

• Serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, including subcommittees on Livestock Dairy and Poultry, and Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
• Reduce federal regulatory burdens on Wisconsin farmers and food producers.
• Promote an economic environment that allows local agricultural businesses to grow.

“Tony is committed to protecting Wisconsin farmers and agricultural producers by reducing burdensome regulations and ensuring they have an economic atmosphere that allows them to succeed.”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports VA accountability, mental health services, and Hmong veteran benefits

Drawing on his 20-year Army career, Crosson prioritizes reforming the VA to reduce wait times and expand suicide prevention and housing programs. He also advocates protecting earned benefits, supporting GI Bill career programs, and securing full recognition for Vietnam-era Hmong veterans.

• Reform the Department of Veterans Affairs to eliminate long care wait times.
• Expand mental health services, suicide prevention efforts, and housing support for veterans.
• Protect GI Bill educational funding and workforce transition programs.
• Secure full federal recognition and benefits for Vietnam-era Hmong veterans who served in Laos.

“Rick served in the U.S. Army, and he knows the promise this country makes to the men and women who put on the uniform.”

“Rick will fight to secure full recognition and the veterans’ benefits owed to Vietnam-era Hmong veterans for their service to the United States.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports military veterans and defending earned benefits

Wied pledges to back veterans and military personnel as part of his overall defense platform, receiving endorsement praise from Donald Trump for his commitment to veterans.

• Support military veterans and protect their earned healthcare and retirement benefits.
• Endorsed by Donald Trump with emphasis on supporting military personnel and veterans.

“As your next Congressman, Tony will work hard to Unleash American Energy, Stop Inflation, Secure our Border, Support our Military / Vets...”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports restoring congressional checks on executive overreach

Crosson focuses heavily on executive overreach, pledging to restore Congress as an active check and balance on the presidency. He criticizes legislative apathy and promotes government transparency and ethics.

• Reestablish legislative authority to counter executive branch overreach.
• Address congressional acquiescence and push lawmakers to exercise oversight.
• Promote transparency and ethical accountability among elected officials.

“I am motivated to unify this country by reestablishing Congressional authority as a genuine check and balance to executive overreach.”

“Executive overreach! Congressional apathy and acquiescence.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports term limits, documentary voter proof of citizenship, and court reform

Wied signed a term limits pledge and voted for conservative judicial and election administration reforms in the House. His key votes include requiring proof of citizenship for federal election registration, limiting federal court injunctions, and publishing Jeffrey Epstein records.

• Signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge.
• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R.22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship for federal voting registration.
• Voted Yea on the No Rogue Rulings Act (H.R.1526) limiting federal court nationwide injunctions.
• Voted Yea on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405).

“Tony Wied signed the following pledges. U.S. Term Limits”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports military readiness based on combat and diplomatic experience

Crosson emphasizes his two decades in the U.S. Army as a Lt. Colonel, Master Army Aviator, combat commander, and military liaison to Mexico holding a diplomatic passport.

• Served 20 years in the U.S. Army (1980-2000) as Lt. Colonel and Master Army Aviator.
• Held command and staff positions in combat aviation units.
• Served as military liaison to the government of Mexico holding a diplomatic passport.

“I have held a diplomatic passport while serving as military liaison to the government of Mexico, and also served in command and staff positions in combat aviation units.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports peace through strength and internal counter-terrorism

Wied advocates for national security based on the concept of peace through strength, maintaining a strong defense posture to deter foreign threats and combat domestic terrorism.

• Maintain a powerful military defense to ensure global national security.
• Eliminate terrorism threats inside U.S. borders.
• Support President Trump's America First foreign policy agenda.

“Tony will fight to keep our military strong and eliminate any threat of terrorism inside of our borders.”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports strong public education funding

Crosson makes public education a campaign priority, emphasizing his background as an elected school board member in Green Bay.

• Prioritize federal investments and emphasis on public education.
• Served as an elected board member on the Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education through 2025.

“A strong emphasis on education.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports restricting male participation in female school sports

Wied voted in favor of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 in the House, barring individuals assigned male at birth from competing in women's athletic programs.

• Voted Yea on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R.28).
• Prohibit school athletic programs from permitting biological males to compete in female sports.

“The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28) was a bill passed by the House of Representatives... that would prohibit school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose sex was male to participate in programs for women or girls.”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports drug price caps, universal healthcare access, and entitlement protection

Crosson views affordable healthcare as a fundamental human right, advocating for out-of-pocket cost caps and expanding Medicare's drug price negotiation powers. He pledges to defend Medicare and Social Security from benefits cuts or privatization while preserving rural hospitals.

• Cap out-of-pocket medical expenses, enforce price transparency, and restrict insurer prior authorization barriers.
• Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap costs on insulin and inhalers.
• Defend Medicare and Social Security benefits against cuts, privatization, or raising eligibility limits.
• Provide direct federal support to maintain rural hospitals, emergency clinics, and mental health centers.

“Rick believes affordable, reliable health care is a right for every person, not a privilege for those who can afford it.”

“Rick will defend them against any attempt to cut, privatize, or gamble away the benefits people earned.”

D Democratic Rick Crosson

Supports federal protection for abortion, IVF, and contraception

Crosson advocates for codifying reproductive freedom, maintaining that healthcare decisions belong strictly to women and their doctors. He supports federal protections for abortion access, IVF treatment, contraception, and rural maternal health infrastructure.

• Protect legal access to reproductive healthcare services, including abortion.
• Safeguard federal access to IVF and fertility treatments against legal restrictions.
• Protect access to birth control and contraception for all individuals.
• Invest in rural Wisconsin labor and delivery units to prevent hospital maternity closures.

“Rick supports a woman’s right to make these deeply personal decisions with her family, her faith, and her doctor, not a politician in Washington or Madison.”

“Rick will protect access to IVF and fertility care and stand against efforts to restrict it, because the decision to start or grow a family belongs to the people living it.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports domestic energy deregulation and energy independence

Wied supports expanding domestic oil and gas development by eliminating federal regulations. He views domestic energy independence as essential for lowering domestic costs and ensuring foreign security.

• Reduce federal environmental and energy regulations to unleash domestic fossil fuel and energy output.
• Achieve American energy independence to stabilize consumer energy costs.
• Earned endorsement from Donald Trump emphasizing unleasining American energy.

“In Congress, Tony will work to reduce government regulations to unleash America’s energy potential.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports U.S. leadership in crypto, blockchain, and stablecoin regulation

Wied champions American technological innovation in cryptocurrency and blockchain to ensure competitiveness against China and Russia. In Congress, he voted for the GENIUS Act to establish a regulatory structure for payment stablecoins.

• Promote American development in crypto and blockchain technology over foreign rivals.
• Support domestic technology innovators and cut regulatory hurdles.
• Voted Yea on the GENIUS Act (S.1582) creating a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.

“He believes the United States should lead the world in the development of crypto and blockchain technology in the 21st century, rather than adversarial countries like Russia and China.”

R Republican Tony Wied

Supports defending Second Amendment gun rights

Wied strongly opposes restrictions on firearm ownership and vows to defend Second Amendment rights against federal gun safety legislation.

• Oppose federal restrictions on gun ownership.
• Endorsed by Donald Trump for defending the Second Amendment.

“As your next Congressman, Tony will work hard to... Protect our always under siege Second Amendment.”