Steve Doyle and Tara Johnson on if Wisconsin’s new state Legislature will get things done

A day after the election, Democrats Steve Doyle and Tara Johnson, who both won on Tuesday, stopped in the WIZM studio for la Crosse Talk PM to discuss whether the new makeup of Wisconsin’s state Legislature means things getting done over the next two years.

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Doyle won by 217 votes in Assembly District 94, while Johnson  is the first Democrat to win in the 96th District since 1985.

Also talked about was the money in politics, how Republican leadership framed losses in the Legislature and how to go about tackling issues this upcoming term, including the $4.7 billion budget surplus, school funding, childcare and more.