Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Her defeat was a sour pill for the newly energized left wing of the Democratic Party, but one that followed a smashing victory by Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Neither wing of the Democratic Party will come away from Minnesota’s race feeling anything close to dominant. Crowley appeared on track to best Hong by just over 3,000 votes, less than half a percent dividing the two. But at the same time, the strength of Hong’s campaign can’t be ignored, especially given her near-total lack of national support outside of endorsements from two far-left House members, Ro Khanna and Ilhan Omar.