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Wisconsin considers democratic socialist for governor amid US wave of progressive wins
['Rachel Leingang']
Guardian South Asia
Wisconsin voters will decide on Tuesday whether to nominate a democratic socialist for the state’s highest office in the latest test of an anti-establishment wave among Democratic primary voters.
Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist state lawmaker, emerged as the frontrunner in a four-way race to succeed Tony Evers, the Democratic governor who is not seeking another term.
Eyes turned to the Wisconsin governor’s race after Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan last week in the most recent example of a progressive beating out a moderate.
While some saw Crowley’s reentry as evidence that the establishment was working to derail Hong’s campaign, Crowley balked at the idea that he was part of the establishment.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee endorsed Cooke, which angered some local Democrats who saw it as interfering in a primary.