Why Democrats Said No to Francesca Hong

The democratic socialist lost her bid for governor when her past radical comments resurfaced and opponents launched an offensive blitz.

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.

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

David Crowley, the Moderate Democrat, beat democratic socialist Francesca Hong narrowly to win the Wisconsin Governor primary.

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

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, a center-left Democrat who primarily ran on economic issues, squeaked out a narrow win Tuesday in a highly competitive primary for governor of Wisconsin, Decision Desk HQ projects. He won in an upset victory over democratic socialist state Rep. Francesca Hong, who would have be

Democratic voters will pick their nominee for governor in Wisconsin today. Democratic socialist Francesca Hong is facing off against moderate David Crowley in the primary. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

Hong downplayed the electability question and told Newsweek why a democratic socialist can win a state Trump carried twice.