What Hong's Loss Means for Progressives

Another Midwestern primary, but the opposite result. What does it all mean?

Democratic primary voters in Wisconsin didn’t really care much for how hard Republicans were working to try to make democratic socialist Francesca Hong the Dems' nominee for governor.

Mao-adoring Twitch streamer Hasan Piker erupted in fury after Wisconsin state rep. Francesca Hong's shocking defeat in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, venting that boomers should be outlawed.

The democratic socialist’s rise in Wisconsin was supposed to portend a major breakthrough for the left. Her narrow loss should still be a wake-up call for the Party’s establishment.

Hasan Piker warned "the knives will be out" for socialists after Francesca Hong lost the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary to David Crowley.

A fairly overtly radical socialist winning around 40% in a primary like this was unthinkable even a few years ago The left’s insurgency against the Democratic party establishment has hit its first serious bump in the road in Wisconsin. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong entered Tuesday up by big margins in the polls,

'A day of thanksgiving': Establishment Dems breathe sigh of relief after Hong loss in Wisconsin  CNN

Republicans are questioning socialist candidate Francesca Hong‘s Tuesday night loss in Wisconsin‘s Democratic gubernatorial primary, with one GOP congressman labeling the election stolen. Milwaukee Election Commission executive director Paulina Gutierrez said that a “human error” occurred during the downloading of abse

In today’s edition of The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: How the Democratic Party can define itself in the wake of Hong’s loss, 2026 primaries updates, and more.

Communist streamer Hasan Piker melted down over Communist Francesca Hong's upset loss in Tuesday's Democrat primary election for Wisconsin governor. Piker blamed "the f**king national media," who he says are lying to voters about Democratic Socialist candidates. He also threatened revenge on the Democrat Party establis

Hong, who in the past had called for the national holiday to be canceled, failed to draw socialist-leaning Democratic icons like Bernie Sanders and AOC, writes John Bowden. And her defeat shows that there could be limits to how far left progressives will go

Why Polls Got Wisconsin Governor’s Race Wrong—After Socialist Francesca Hong Loses  Forbes

The progressive momentum of the summer has stalled. Francesca Hong’s surprising loss in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, following the unexpectedly narrow victory of Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed last week, calls for a reassessment of the state of Democratic voters. They might be frustrated with the party esta

MADISON, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 11: Democratic Wisconsin Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks to reporters after voting in the primary election on August 11, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. Recent polling has Hong with a substantial lead over her nearest Democratic rival David Crowley. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Imag

Hong’s record on Israel and antisemitism has been of concern to Wisconsin Jews

Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong’s Wisconsin Primary Lead Alarms Establishment Democrats  WSJ

Democratic socialist Francesca Hong has conceded to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in Wisconsin's primary for governor.

NBC News projects that Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive backed by Gov. Tony Evers, narrowly defeated Hong, a democratic socialist state lawmaker, in the key battleground state.

The socialist frontrunner in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary hired a self-described “sex worker” to run her campaign and voted against a law that bans grooming children. State Rep. Francesca Hong, who held a 20-point advantage in the polls going into Tuesday’s primary, was one of just six Wisconsin lawmake