Francesca Hong Addresses Supporters Before Race Is Called, Vowing to Keep Fighting
Crowley won by 0.4%, or about 3,200 votes, after absentee ballot delays in Milwaukee and will face Republican Tom Tiffany in November.
- David Crowley narrowly defeated Francesca Hong in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, winning by 0.4 percent, or about 3,200 votes.
- Crowley re-entered the race after Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez withdrew and secured backing from Democratic Governor Tony Evers, consolidating moderate support.
- Former Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes quit the race less than two weeks before the primary, while Hong lacked endorsements from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- A reported error uploading Milwaukee absentee ballot data delayed final results until early Wednesday morning, when Hong conceded shortly after 2:00 a.m. and pledged support for Crowley.
- Crowley now faces Trump-endorsed Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany in the November general election, a matchup that will test Democratic unity after the narrow primary victory.
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Crowley's comeback over Hong 'unprecedented'
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley pulled off one of the most improbable primary election night comebacks in Wisconsin political history. This week on Open Record, FOX6's Carl Deffenbaugh, Bryan Polcyn and Jason Calvi are joined by political strategists Joe Zepecki (Democratic) and Bill McCoshen (Republican) to break down his razor's edge win over State Rep. Francesca Hong. They also look ahead to his November match up with Republican nomi…
How David Crowley plans to win Wisconsin
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly won the Democratic nomination for governor on Tuesday. Crowley joined Wisconsin’s Morning News to discuss how he plans to defeat Republican Tom Tiffany and win voters across Wisconsin. Crowley also addressed questions about why he initially dropped out of the governor’s race before making his comeback, whether Democratic Party leaders or major donors influenced those decisions, and how he plans t…
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Sung-min = The U.S. Wisconsin gubernatorial Democratic primary, in which second-generation Korean-American candidate Francesca Hong (37, Korean name Hong Yun-jung) narrowly lost, is...
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Marquette Poll explains shift to Crowley in Wisconsin primary
(The Center Square) – Democrat David Crowley outperformed polling results in winning a close race over Francesca Hong to become the party’s candidate for governor.
Socialist Francesca Hong Loses To Interesting Opponent
Since the beginning of 2024, The Western Journal has published 29 articles containing the word “schadenfreude,” and, judging by a quick review, every one of them appears to have come from the same writer.Now comes number 30, and it may be difficult to find a more fitting occasion for the milestone.Schadenfreude, of course, is the pleasure someone takes in another person’s misfortune. It may not be the noblest human emotion, but electoral politic…
Wisconsin Primary Shock: Polls Collapse as Hong Goes Down | The Gerry Callahan Show (8/12/2026)
– Francesca Hong loses Wisconsin’s Democratic governor primary by roughly 3,200 votes despite polls showing her ahead by 20-plus points, putting pollsters and the delayed vote count under intense scrutiny. – Peggy Flanagan wins Minnesota’s Democratic Senate nomination and immediately targets ICE, immigration policy and the Iran war as Michelle Tafoya prepares for the general...
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