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.
They are flexing the level of power money has. “This guy wasn’t even in the race. He dropped out and came back. Got support from millions in donations and the endorsement of the current governor”.
They are spitting in our face with money and establishment power. And they only won by 0.4% (last I saw).
This is not the flex they think it is. This is only going to bring more people to our cause and motivate us to work harder.
the DSA house of cards crumbling before your eyes lol
good luck in the next safe dem race cuckoo
“Low poll ratings and scarce campaign funds” sounds like a great way to go into the general election. Sounds like Wisconsin dems prefer a republican governor over DSA.
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All that goofy stuff she said in the past doomed her.
I agree with you, but it’s not great that we’ve cultivated an electorate that doesn’t account for people growing or changing their past positions.
Ah well, Wisconsin will get the representative they vote for; let’s hope it works out for them.
ah the hasan piker defense
“it was out of context and been apologised for already”
translation
“i’m a radicalised hypocrite that cannot be trusted”
the electorate figured out your bullshit
