Former Navy Seal And 'political Outsider' Announces Gop Campaign For Wisconsin Governor

FIRST ON FOX: Bill Berrien, a Wisconsin manufacturing executive, erstwhile Navy SEAL and self-described governmental outsider, announced his Republican run for politician of Wisconsin connected Wednesday. 

In nan Republican's first nationalist exclusive question and reply since announcing his gubernatorial bid, Berrien told Fox News Digital, "We [have] to get distant from nan six years of Tony Evers, wherever we're going successful nan wholly other direction. This title is highly winnable. I tin triumph it. I tin beryllium nan blimpish politician that is going to make this nan Wisconsin century."

Berrien said Democrat Gov. Tony Evers' tenure has felt for illustration nan "gears successful reverse" of immoderate gains made by erstwhile GOP Gov. Scott Walker. The Republican hopeful called Evers a "tax and spend" Democrat who isn't moving nan authorities forward. 

"I'm an outsider. I'm a businessman, conscionable for illustration President Trump," Berrien said. "He's taking backmost Washington. We request to return backmost Madison for Wisconsinites." 

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GOP Wisconsin gubernatorial campaigner Bill Berrien said pinch Fox News Digital connected nan time he announced his campaign.  (Fox News Digital)

Berrien is nan CEO of manufacturing companies Pindel Global Precision and Liberty Precision and served arsenic a Navy SEAL for 9 years. According to his run website, his apical priorities successful nan title are revitalizing Wisconsin manufacturing, restoring rule and bid and strengthening Wisconsin families. 

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"Wisconsin is nan champion of nan country," Berrien said. "We make things, we build things, we activity pinch our hands. My imagination is we tin beryllium nan manufacturing powerhouse of nan world again. We tin beryllium crushed zero for nan occurrence of nan Trump-driven re-industrialization."

President Donald Trump campaigned connected unleashing American manufacturing arsenic president and, done his often arguable waste and acquisition and tariff policies, seeks to return business to nan United States. 

Trump's win successful battleground Wisconsin landed him nan White House successful 2024. Berrien called his triumph "historic" and said it reflected a "shift crossed nan board" among nan Wisconsin electorate.  

"It is nan Republican workers' statement – that's owed to his leadership. I deliberation we're gonna beryllium building connected that done this campaign," Berrien said. 

Republican statesmanlike nominee, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump, greets supporters pursuing a municipality hallway run arena connected August 29, 2024, successful La Crosse, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

While Trump secured Wisconsin successful 2024, a wide Democrat-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate, Susan Crawford, won a contentious multimillion-dollar predetermination complete blimpish Brad Schimel earlier this year. 

When Elon Musk was still successful Trump's bully graces, he invested millions to support Schimel, but Democrats from crossed nan state threw their governmental weight down Crawford, and she was yet elected to nan unfastened seat. 

"It intends each nan much that we request to person a Republican successful nan governor's mansion," Berrien said earlier asking, "How do we use a subject leadership-type mindset crossed each 72 counties, winning up and down nan ticket?"

And erstwhile asked astir Democrats' early 2026 midterm messaging astir nan One Big Beautiful Bill Act's Medicaid cuts, Berrien said he supports Medicaid activity requirements and called Trump's megabill "wind successful our sails for creating nan Wisconsin century, making Wisconsin nan manufacturing powerhouse to nan world again."

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, joined by chap Democrats, speaks retired against nan One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act astatine a property convention extracurricular nan U.S. Capitol connected July 2, 2025, successful Washington. (Getty Images)

"When you look astatine nan business incentives for mill construction, investing successful technology, investing successful people, it's for illustration a Black Friday waste aliases mill description , nary coupons required."

Berrien announced his candidacy successful a run video released Wednesday morning. Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann announced his ain Republican gubernatorial run successful May. 

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Evers has yet to denote whether he will activity re-election successful 2026. He did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

"When we deliberation astir nan past 10 years, location has only been 2 candidates that person been successful connected a statewide basis, [Sen.] Ron Johnson and Donald Trump. We person connected my team, leaders who've been portion of some of those races, and we person nan squad to triumph this. We person resources, and we person a clear lane and opportunity. Let's make this nan Wisconsin century," Berrien said.