Five Takeaways From Francesca Hong’s Near-Win in Wisconsin

Francesca Hong, the democratic socialist running in the Democratic primary for the Wisconsin governor’s race, lost last night in an extremely close election. She came within half a percentage point of beating David Crowley, the executive of Milwaukee County. Preelection polling showed Hong with a commanding lead, and many assumed she would coast to victory. As such, her result is being as a hard defeat for the socialist left.spun The truth is more complicated. Hong accomplished a great deal in…