Francesca Hong leads Wisconsin Democratic governor primary ahead of Tuesday vote
Republicans spent millions of dollars running basically the only TV ads of the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary to back the candidate they believe will be easiest to beat, and now that candidate is leading the race. www.wispolitics.com/2026/sole-do...
Matthew Gertz86To win more Democratic primaries, the center-left needs to convince Republican political operatives that candidate ideology doesn't impact voter behavior.
Charlie Mas10Democratic party consultants and Republican party consultants are the same breed. They both think a Democrat has to be a centrist to win. GOP consultants promoted a progressive Democrat thinking she had no chance, and now they are learning what is narrative and what is reality.
bmacknight.bsky.social9She is going to win in the fall. Help her or get out of the way.
allavut7el-sayad was outspent 10 to 1 and was still able to win...maybe its the policy
UWS Pete6Meanwhile Tom Nichols is arguing with online randos, some of them bots, that the Dems are choosing unelectable candidates.
Julie Wash5She is the new Tulsi Gabbard. The polls were all wrong in MI—maybe the polls are being force fed to WI too.
Aubrey Gilleran70See, Claire McCaskill's famous ratfuck of the Missouri Senate race in 2012 was done by running negative ads against Todd Akin in the primary, calling him radical and too conservative for Missouri. This allegedly led GOP primary voters to vote Akin. Doing it with a positive ad seems like a bad idea.
🗽LOLGOP🗽39A super interesting test case. They’ve lifted Hong off with a message that’s perfect for November against a clown MAGA who tried to steal Wisconsinites votes in 2020, seemingly unaware of Wisconsin’s progressive roots.
Jesse Raub22here’s the thing: Hong already had a high profile in state politics and has been generally popular. two of the other three main candidates have had scandals big enough to cause them to drop out and one dropped out due to low ratings only to try and jump back in and have a twitter scandal leak
marxuckerberg9Wait, so none of the other candidates were running TV ads either? lol
Brett Fujioka3Reminds me a little bit of how leaked internal data suggested that Hillary Clinton thought that Donald Trump was the only candidate that she could beat.
The Dax Symbiont 🏴🏳️⚧️🌲🇵🇸2It’s so funny that republicans are doing the thing Clinton did that created Trump lmao
Fox News is framing Democratic elected officials' support of Abdul El-Sayed as a scandal. He is not a DSA member and identifies as a capitalist. He also won the primary despite being outspent by millions. Also Francesca Hong is running for governor in Wisconsin not Michigan.
Mo in Columbus OH4and it would not be a scandal if El-Sayed was a DSA member. It just shows how dumb Fox and their viewers are.
James Amaz1Huh, it's almost as if they don't like El-Sayed for some other reason and are just slapping on whatever they can think of regarding him. Surely it cannot be that he's an Arabic Muslim, rite?
Trump-Backed Election Denier Expected to Secure GOP Nomination for Wisconsin Governor talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-b...
sullivan1971.bsky.social2As a lifelong Wisconsonite he is truly a horrible person. His ads look all folksy and yet you look at his voting record it is not.
Ned Winsborough1I grew up in Wisconsin and lived there for 30+ years. NEVER have I seen a Wisconsinite wear a bolo tie. He’s as false as his beliefs.
Guachi1It's really unfortunate that he'll be favored in the election this November.
Kalshi betting odds show Hong with a 95.5% chance of winning Tuesday.
Midnight Bard2Okay but Kalshi is a crime against humanity and shouldn’t be allowed to exist Hong is cool, I hope she bans that prediction market bullshit.
Crusty The Punk2The GOP, along with establishment Dems, believe the 1990’s political playbook is still valid.
Finally young people are waking up to how capitalism will screw their future.
