Tony Earl, former Wisconsin governor and staunch environmentalist, dies at 86

Then-Democratic nominee for governor Tony Earl waves to supporters during an election night gathering in Madison in 1984. Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin's governor in the 1980s and later bemoaned the increasing partisanship in politics, has died. He was 86. (A. Craig Benson/Wisconsin State Journal via AP) By SCOTT BAUER Associated

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