Francesca Hong's Chances of Beating Crowley in Wisconsin as Barnes Exits

A new poll revealed the second-most-preferred choice of Barnes' supporters ahead of his exit from the Wisconsin governor's race.

Gubernatorial candidate state Rep. Francesca Hong (D-Wis.) joins Meet the Press NOW after former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes suspends his campaign. Hong also discusses her path forward to the Democratic nomination.

With a democratic socialist, Francesca Hong, leading in polls, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said he was ending his campaign in the closely divided state.

Mandela Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and 2022 Democratic Senate nominee, dropped out of the Democratic gubernatorial primary race on Thursday. Barnes told staff in a conversation Wednesday that there is a “clear” choice for the Democratic nomination, implicitly acknowledging socialist Francesca H

Mandela Barnes drops out of Wisconsin governor’s race as Francesca Hong rises in polls  CNN

Francesca Hong's campaign said her values on police and prison abolition haven't changed, even as she pledged to preserve law enforcement funding.

Wisconsinites have a high-stakes decision to make in the Democratic gubernatorial primary on August 11: whether or not to elect the first socialist governor in the state’s history, Francesca Hong. A Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and college dropout who, before she was elected to the state legislature in