Michigan Gov. Whitmer joins Wisconsin Gov. Evers for La Crosse election rally

The UW-La Crosse campus may continue to be a magnet for big-name political figures, as we close in on Election Day.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared together at an outdoor rally Tuesday, urging people to support Kamala Harris, who is headed to the city on Thursday.

The two traveled together to La Crosse as part of a multi-state bus tour, which featured their pictures on the side.

Whitmer said voters in the two neighboring states have a lot in common.

“I think here in the Midwest, you know, we’re practical, hard-working good people,” Whitmer told reporters at the campus rally.

“We expect our politicians to work as hard, if not harder, than we do, to be as good, if not better, than we are. so we’ve got a lot of similarities between our states,” she added.

Whitmer also declared that Democrats are counting on voters from the two Great Lakes states.

“We know that these elections are always close,” she told the UW-L audience. “Here’s what we also know. We can control the outcome by what we do in the next 21 days. We can ensure that on the 6th, we wake up and start a whole new chapter in this country.”

Evers told his home-state crowd that redistricting may also help his party’s ticket.

“We have fair maps, now, right?” Evers said. “And we have folks that are running for office. We’ve got to get them across the finish line,” he added, speaking especially about Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is running for a third term and facing Republican Eric Hovde.

Also speaking along with the two governors were area legislators and Democrats running for legislative seats, including state Sen. Brad Pfaff, Assembly Rep. Jill Billings, and Assembly candidate Tara Johnson.

Next up, Vice President Harris should be in La Crosse on Thursday afternoon, before she departs for Green Bay that evening. Details of the presidential nominee’s visit are yet to be announced.