Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley has won the Democratic nomination for governor of Wisconsin, according to a race call by the Associated Press. He narrowly defeated state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist whose campaign had challenged the party establishment.
Crowley had at one point actually suspended his foundering campaign, facing low poll ratings and scarce campaign funds. But he relaunched it days later with the backing of outgoing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in an effort to turn back the momentum by Hong.
The Hong loss comes after progressives saw a series of wins in recent primaries around the country. But the narrow margin of the loss still signals Democratic voters seeking change.
Democrats dodged a bullet. Hong almost certainly would have lost to Republican Tom Tiffany in November
How many times do we have to learn this lesson? Do we need another “electable” candidate like Hillary or Harris so they can lose to the couch? This isn’t 2016. You can’t really be believing this argument in 2026 can you?
How many times do we have to lose to Republicans with the “electable” candidate for people to realize that Americans will sit on the couch rather than vote for another “hope and change” candidate with no real policies?
The country hates Republicans and Trump so much right now and the Democrats are trying to get away with do nothing politicians again. Stop falling for this shit.
How many times do we have to “win”, nothing get better, and have the next election give us more people voting for fascist just to roll the dice on “change”.